Written question AQW 37203/22-27
Written question by Ms Cara Hunter on .
- MLA
- Ms Cara Hunter
- Party at the time
- Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Date
- 10 December 2025
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 37203/22-27
- Department
- Department of Health
- Business
- To the Minister of Health
- Assembly identifier
- Document 463301
Read the official Assembly record Open Data source
Text
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of inspections of vape retail premises carried out, in each council area, in each of the last five years; (ii) any enforcement outcomes of those inspections; (iii) the reasons why this information is not held centrally; (iv) whether he has any plans to require councils to collect and report standardised data on inspections and enforcement; (v) any assessment he has made of enforcement capacity within councils; (vi) any actions he will take in response to the disproportionately high rate of illegal vape sales to children in Belfast; (vii) the number of any repeat offenders (a) identified; and (b) sanctioned, in each of the last three years; and (viii) any assessment he has made of the public health implications of widespread underage access to nicotine inhaling products.
137 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: 0.05 (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 (0.95).
- No identity-based framing was identified (1.00).
- The overall probability was at or below the not-flagging 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 | 0.03 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.02 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.01 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.02 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.02 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.95 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.05 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 1.00 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.00 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-related subject | 0.75 |
| Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups | 0.21 |
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.04 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 05:21 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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