Written question AQW 22803/22-27
Written question by Mr Gerry Carroll on .
- MLA
- Mr Gerry Carroll
- Party at the time
- People Before Profit Alliance
- Date
- 18 February 2025
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 22803/22-27
- Department
- The Executive Office
- Business
- To the First Minister and deputy First Minister
- Assembly identifier
- Document 428737
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Text
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail (i) any correspondence received from (a) the First Minister; and (b) Junior Minister Reilly in relation to not attending St Patrick's Day events in Washington in March 2025; and (ii) any discussions that have taken place in their Department in relation to this issue.
55 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: 0.46 (qualifying needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not qualifying).
- Criteria met: Controversy escalation (0.70).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.81).
- Subject area: Parades, bonfires and commemorations.
- 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 | 0.15 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.02 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.37 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.06 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.70 | Yes |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.23 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.46 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.81 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.19 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.49 |
| Religion and belief (including people of no religion), churches, faith communities and religious prejudice (including antisemitism and anti-Muslim prejudice) | 0.26 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.15 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.05 |
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.02 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 03:06 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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