Written question AQW 4365/22-27
Written question by Mr Paul Frew on .
- MLA
- Mr Paul Frew
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 10 October 2022
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 4365/22-27
- Department
- Department of Health
- Business
- To the Minister of Health
- Assembly identifier
- Document 383562
Read the official Assembly record Open Data source
Text
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 419/17-22 and AQW 3266/22-27, (i) what audits and checks have been carried out by (a) his Department; (b) the Department of Finance; and (c) the Comptroller and Auditor General, on the value and spend of public monies for the Emerge event on 17 September 2021; and (ii) why no other companies or organisations were offered the opportunity to apply to stage this event or to apply for this funding.
78 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: 0.09 (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 (0.87).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.99).
- 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 | 0.04 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.05 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.06 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.87 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.09 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.99 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.01 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-related subject | 0.76 |
| Sport (including the GAA), the arts and cultural bodies | 0.13 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.08 |
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.02 |
| Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism | 0.01 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 17:49 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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