Written question AQW 30108/22-27
Written question by Ms Cara Hunter on .
- MLA
- Ms Cara Hunter
- Party at the time
- Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Date
- 2 September 2025
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 30108/22-27
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Business
- To the Minister for Communities
- Assembly identifier
- Document 447813
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Text
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail what steps he has taken to ensure that the Arts Council is in compliance with the Letter of Expectations sent in February, specifically that any activity disrespectful of any tradition, in locations or by groups receiving Council funding, results in specific and substantive action as regards funding.
55 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Assessment
Uncertain
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- Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.41 (qualifying needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not qualifying).
- Criteria met: Cultural grievance politics (0.63).
- The text adopts the identity-based framing in its own voice (0.50).
- Subject area: Sport (including the GAA), the arts and cultural bodies.
- The answers did not meet either automatic threshold.
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Jev’s structured answers
| Question | Probability | Met? |
|---|---|---|
| Identity framing | 0.31 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.06 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.63 | Yes |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.27 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.58 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.54 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.41 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing | 0.26 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.05 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.19 |
| Adopts it (chosen) | 0.50 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Sport (including the GAA), the arts and cultural bodies | 0.66 |
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.28 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.02 |
| Religion and belief (including people of no religion), churches, faith communities and religious prejudice (including antisemitism and anti-Muslim prejudice) | 0.02 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.01 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 04:12 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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