Written question AQW 43545/22-27
Written question by Mr Stewart Dickson on .
- MLA
- Mr Stewart Dickson
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 31 March 2026
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 43545/22-27
- Department
- The Executive Office
- Business
- To the First Minister and deputy First Minister
- Assembly identifier
- Document 478684
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Text
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any public benefit derived from expenditure of almost £5,000 on professional photography during the St Patrick’s Day programme in Washington D.C.
32 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: 0.26 (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 (0.69).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.98).
- Subject area: Parades, bonfires and commemorations.
- 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 | 0.05 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.03 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.08 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.18 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.31 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.69 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.26 | At or below not-qualifying threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.98 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.01 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.01 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.62 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.13 |
| Religion and belief (including people of no religion), churches, faith communities and religious prejudice (including antisemitism and anti-Muslim prejudice) | 0.09 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.07 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.05 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 06:26 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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