Written question AQW 22888/22-27
Written question by Mr Doug Beattie MC on .
- MLA
- Mr Doug Beattie MC
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 19 February 2025
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 22888/22-27
- Department
- The Executive Office
- Business
- To the First Minister and deputy First Minister
- Assembly identifier
- Document 428908
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Text
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, pursuant to AQW 15673/22-27, to detail (i) how they ensure that the Communities in Transition project and the Strategic Framework to End Violence Against Women and Girls do not provide funds to groups led by or employing individuals with a terrorist-related background, including coercive control and violence against women and girls, if they do not keep a record of such individuals when allocating funds; and (ii) whether this applies to other convictions such as domestic abuse or sexual crimes or solely in relation to terrorist-related activities.
95 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: 0.19 (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 (0.91).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.81).
- Subject area: Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism.
- 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 | 0.06 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.04 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.02 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.14 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.07 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.91 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.19 | At or below not-qualifying threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.81 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.04 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.11 |
| Adopts it | 0.04 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism | 0.53 |
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.28 |
| Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups | 0.15 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.02 |
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.01 |
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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