Written question AQW 1257/22-27
Written question by Mr John Blair on .
- MLA
- Mr John Blair
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 10 June 2022
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 1257/22-27
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Business
- To the Minister for Infrastructure
- Assembly identifier
- Document 375400
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Text
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) whether he is aware of sectarian graffiti at the fishery at Stoneyford Reservoir; and (ii) whether his Department intend to remove this graffiti.
30 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Assessment
Jev’s structured answers met the documented threshold for “not qualifying”.
- Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.16 (qualifying needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not qualifying).
- Criteria met: Cultural grievance politics (0.64).
- Assessed as legitimate policy scrutiny (0.89).
- The text reports, quotes or asks about the framing rather than adopting it (0.82).
- Subject area: Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism.
- The overall probability was at or below the not-qualifying threshold.
This is an AI-generated assessment of the text, made against published criteria. It is not a finding of fact about the MLA or their intentions. The Assembly record itself is the fact.
Jev’s structured answers
| Question | Probability | Met? |
|---|---|---|
| Identity framing | 0.26 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.03 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.64 | Yes |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.08 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.38 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.89 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.16 | At or below not-qualifying threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing | 0.17 |
| Reports or questions it (chosen) | 0.82 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.01 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism | 0.42 |
| Religion and belief (including people of no religion), churches, faith communities and religious prejudice (including antisemitism and anti-Muslim prejudice) | 0.27 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.22 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.05 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.03 |
Assessed 20 October 2026 at 20:43 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r1, methodology 1.0.
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