Written question AQW 31545/22-27
Written question by Mr Mark Durkan on .
- MLA
- Mr Mark Durkan
- Party at the time
- Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Date
- 18 September 2025
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 31545/22-27
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Business
- To the Minister for Communities
- Assembly identifier
- Document 450087
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Text
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) what savings were achieved by the removal of trilingual branding from departmental correspondence; (ii) when this decision was made; and (iii) what advice he received from his officials before proceeding with this removal.
42 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: 0.35 (flagging needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not flagged).
- None of the five culture-war criteria was met (each was below 0.60).
- Assessed as legitimate policy scrutiny (0.68).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.65).
- Subject area: Irish language, Ulster-Scots and language policy.
- 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 | 0.02 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.31 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.34 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.45 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.68 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.35 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.65 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.22 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.13 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Irish language, Ulster-Scots and language policy | 0.98 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.01 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.01 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
| Sport (including the GAA), the arts and cultural bodies | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 04:23 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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