Written question AQW 50886/22-27
Written question by Mr Matthew O'Toole on .
- MLA
- Mr Matthew O'Toole
- Party at the time
- Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Date
- 3 September 2026
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 50886/22-27
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Business
- To the Minister for Communities
- Assembly identifier
- Document 496729
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Text
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any discussions he has had with (i) Cricket Ireland; and (ii) Sport NI, regarding Ireland's decision to play a series of One Day International cricket matches with the Afghanistan men's team, given the country is under Taliban control.
46 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: 0.32 (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).
- The text reports, quotes or asks about the framing rather than adopting it (0.47).
- Subject area: Sport (including the GAA), the arts and cultural bodies.
- 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 | 0.12 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.11 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.19 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.31 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.33 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.58 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.32 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing | 0.36 |
| Reports or questions it (chosen) | 0.47 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.17 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Sport (including the GAA), the arts and cultural bodies | 0.70 |
| Religion and belief (including people of no religion), churches, faith communities and religious prejudice (including antisemitism and anti-Muslim prejudice) | 0.23 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.04 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.02 |
| Immigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and Travellers | 0.01 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 07:30 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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