Written question AQW 16292/22-27
Written question by Mr Phillip Brett on .
- MLA
- Mr Phillip Brett
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 7 October 2024
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 16292/22-27
- Department
- Northern Ireland Assembly Commission
- Business
- To the Assembly Commission
- Assembly identifier
- Document 413038
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Text
To ask the Assembly Commission, from June 2022, to detail (i) the number of times the Assembly pass issued to Michael McMonagle, as a result of his employment with Sinn Féin, was used to access Parliament Buildings; (ii) the dates this Assembly pass was used to access Parliament Buildings; and (iii) the events held in Parliament Buildings that were attended by people under the age of 18 on any day which the pass issued to Michael McMonagle was used.
79 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: 0.41 (flagging needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not flagged).
- None of the five culture-war criteria was met (each was below 0.60).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.97).
- 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 | 0.05 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.04 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.03 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.18 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.28 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.42 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.41 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.97 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.02 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.01 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-related subject | 0.59 |
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.15 |
| Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups | 0.13 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.05 |
| Constitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereignty | 0.04 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 02:10 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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