Written question AQW 5820/22-27
Written question by Mr John Stewart on .
- MLA
- Mr John Stewart
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 7 February 2024
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 5820/22-27
- Department
- The Executive Office
- Business
- To the First Minister and deputy First Minister
- Assembly identifier
- Document 387383
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Text
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, pursuant to AQO 2673/17-22, AQO 1877/17-22, AQO 749/17-22, AQW 1385/17-22; and in light of the Assembly motion approved on 17 May 2021; and the Fair Employment (School Teachers) Bill NIAR 19-2022; what progress has been made in removing the exception of teachers from the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.
61 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: 0.18 (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 (0.97).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.89).
- Subject area: Religion and belief (including people of no religion), churches, faith communities and religious prejudice (including antisemitism and anti-Muslim prejudice).
- 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 | 0.08 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.02 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.11 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.05 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.11 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.97 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.18 | At or below not-qualifying threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.89 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.10 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.01 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Religion and belief (including people of no religion), churches, faith communities and religious prejudice (including antisemitism and anti-Muslim prejudice) | 0.56 |
| Education structures, integration and community division | 0.33 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.06 |
| Immigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and Travellers | 0.04 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.01 |
Assessed 20 October 2026 at 21:16 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r1, methodology 1.0.
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