Written question AQW 15953/22-27
Written question by Mr Pat Sheehan on .
- MLA
- Mr Pat Sheehan
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 30 September 2024
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 15953/22-27
- Department
- Department of Education
- Business
- To the Minister of Education
- Assembly identifier
- Document 412113
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Text
To ask the Minister of Education whether he discussed education policies, including plans to build an Irish Language school in East Belfast, with the Loyalist Communities Council at their meeting on 24 September 2024.
34 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: 0.21 (qualifying needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not qualifying).
- None of the five culture-war criteria was met (each was below 0.60).
- Assessed as legitimate policy scrutiny (0.69).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.90).
- Subject area: Irish language, Ulster-Scots and language policy.
- 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 | 0.16 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.02 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.26 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.04 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.24 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.69 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.21 | At or below not-qualifying threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.90 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.10 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Irish language, Ulster-Scots and language policy | 0.96 |
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.03 |
| Education structures, integration and community division | 0.01 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.00 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 02:05 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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