Written question AQW 16964/22-27
Written question by Mr Timothy Gaston on .
- MLA
- Mr Timothy Gaston
- Party at the time
- Traditional Unionist Voice
- Date
- 17 October 2024
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 16964/22-27
- Department
- Department of Education
- Business
- To the Minister of Education
- Assembly identifier
- Document 414677
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Text
To ask the Minister of Education (i) to detail the funding provided by his Department and its arm's-length bodies to the Rainbow Project in each of the last five years; and (ii) whether he will review this funding in light of evidence provided at the meeting of the Committee for Education on 16 October 2024, in which it was noted that the Rainbow Project signposted to GenderGP advice on accessing puberty blockers despite their ban.
75 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: 0.40 (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).
- Assessed as legitimate policy scrutiny (0.78).
- The text reports, quotes or asks about the framing rather than adopting it (0.42).
- Subject area: Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues.
- 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 | 0.09 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.04 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.05 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.24 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.24 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.78 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.40 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing | 0.38 |
| Reports or questions it (chosen) | 0.42 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.20 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 1.00 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.00 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
| Irish language, Ulster-Scots and language policy | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 02:15 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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