Written question AQW 15958/22-27
Written question by Mr Timothy Gaston on .
- MLA
- Mr Timothy Gaston
- Party at the time
- Traditional Unionist Voice
- Date
- 30 September 2024
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 15958/22-27
- Department
- Department of Health
- Business
- To the Minister of Health
- Assembly identifier
- Document 412118
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Text
To ask the Minister of Health to detail whether the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (i) has raised money for the Orange Order Grand Master’s appeal; and (ii) promoted this appeal on social media.
35 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Assessment
Jev’s structured answers met the documented threshold for “not flagged”.
- Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.47 (flagging needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not flagged).
- Criteria met: Controversy escalation (0.60).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.51).
- Subject area: Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations.
- The overall probability was low and the text did not adopt any identity-based framing.
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 | 0.05 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.40 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.19 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.60 | Yes |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.38 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.47 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.51 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.48 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.01 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.57 |
| Religion and belief (including people of no religion), churches, faith communities and religious prejudice (including antisemitism and anti-Muslim prejudice) | 0.15 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.11 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.09 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.05 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 02:06 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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