Written question AQW 34607/22-27
Written question by Ms Kellie Armstrong on .
- MLA
- Ms Kellie Armstrong
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 4 November 2025
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 34607/22-27
- Department
- Department of Education
- Business
- To the Minister of Education
- Assembly identifier
- Document 457461
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Text
To ask the Minister of Education to provide a copy of any invitation he received (i) into his Private Office; (ii) directly to his MLA or ministerial email address; (iii) through his Special Adviser, to visit Israel in October 2025, outlining (a) the date and time received; (b) the source of the invitation; and (c) any responses provided through his MLA or Private Office email addresses regarding any invitations.
69 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: 0.37 (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).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.95).
- 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 | 0.05 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.03 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.04 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.08 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.55 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.24 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.37 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.95 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.05 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-related subject | 0.74 |
| Religion and belief (including people of no religion), churches, faith communities and religious prejudice (including antisemitism and anti-Muslim prejudice) | 0.11 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.08 |
| Education structures, integration and community division | 0.03 |
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.02 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 04:58 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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