Written question AQW 23360/22-27
Written question by Mr Justin McNulty on .
- MLA
- Mr Justin McNulty
- Party at the time
- Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Date
- 25 February 2025
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 23360/22-27
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Business
- To the Minister for Infrastructure
- Assembly identifier
- Document 429956
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Text
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 16553/22-27, (i) for her assessment of the illegally erected Sinn Féin billboard at the Egyptian Arch; and (ii) when this billboard will be removed.
33 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Assessment
Uncertain
Uncertain: this record is excluded from all totals until a person reviews it.
- Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.39 (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).
- The text adopts the identity-based framing in its own voice (0.59).
- Subject area: Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials.
- The answers did not meet either automatic 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 | 0.17 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.06 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.28 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.31 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.50 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.46 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.39 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing | 0.32 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.05 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.04 |
| Adopts it (chosen) | 0.59 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.40 |
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.26 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.16 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.10 |
| Constitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereignty | 0.05 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 03:07 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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