Written question AQW 24950/22-27
Written question by Mr Timothy Gaston on .
- MLA
- Mr Timothy Gaston
- Party at the time
- Traditional Unionist Voice
- Date
- 24 March 2025
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 24950/22-27
- Department
- Department of Education
- Business
- To the Minister of Education
- Assembly identifier
- Document 433911
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Text
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of pupils in Northern Ireland that currently identify as an animal.
21 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: 0.43 (flagging needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not flagged).
- Criteria met: Dog-whistle messaging (0.68); Controversy escalation (0.64).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.68).
- Subject area: Another identity-related subject.
- 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 | 0.15 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.02 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.68 | Yes |
| Controversy escalation | 0.64 | Yes |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.11 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.43 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.68 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.05 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.27 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Another identity-related subject | 0.79 |
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.12 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.05 |
| Education structures, integration and community division | 0.02 |
| Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups | 0.02 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 03:26 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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