Written question AQW 31927/22-27
Written question by Mr Gerry Kelly on .
- MLA
- Mr Gerry Kelly
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 24 September 2025
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 31927/22-27
- Department
- Department of Health
- Business
- To the Minister of Health
- Assembly identifier
- Document 451062
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Text
To ask the Minister of Health, in light recent remarks by the US President suggesting links between pregnant women taking paracetamol and autism, what actions will (i) his Department; and (ii) the Public Health Agency take (a) to address this misinformation; and (ii) to provide resources to reassure pregnant women that paracetamol during pregnancy is safe.
56 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: 0.04 (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 (0.92).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.92).
- 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 | 0.02 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.02 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.01 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.03 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.04 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.92 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.04 | At or below not-qualifying threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.92 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.08 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-related subject | 0.43 |
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.23 |
| Disability (including neurodivergence and mental health), disabled people and disability or sickness benefits | 0.22 |
| Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups | 0.12 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 04:27 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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