Written question AQW 33777/22-27
Written question by Mrs Deborah Erskine on .
- MLA
- Mrs Deborah Erskine
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 17 October 2025
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 33777/22-27
- Department
- Department of Education
- Business
- To the Minister of Education
- Assembly identifier
- Document 455399
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Text
To ask the Minister of Education for his assessment on whether it is appropriate for the premises of St Eugene's Primary School, Lisnaskea, to be hosting an event named after a member of the Provisional IRA.
36 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: 0.63 (qualifying needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not qualifying).
- Criteria met: Identity framing (0.67); Cultural grievance politics (0.71); Dog-whistle messaging (0.64); Controversy escalation (0.67).
- The text adopts the identity-based framing in its own voice (0.49).
- Subject area: Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism.
- 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 | 0.67 | Yes |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.09 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.71 | Yes |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.64 | Yes |
| Controversy escalation | 0.67 | Yes |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.26 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.63 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing | 0.22 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.28 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.01 |
| Adopts it (chosen) | 0.49 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism | 0.93 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.05 |
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.02 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.00 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 04:53 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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