Topical question AQT 113/22-27

Topical question by Mr Robbie Butler on 12 March 2024.

MLA: Mr Robbie Butler
Party at the time: Ulster Unionist Party
Date: 12 March 2024
Type: Topical question
Assembly reference: AQT 113/22-27
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 4266883

Text

Mr Butler asked the Minister for Communities for an update on matters he raised with the UK Minister with responsibility for sport on his recent visit to Northern Ireland, particularly any discussions on the delivery of the subregional stadia programme for soccer.

42 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Follow-ups by the same MLA in the Chamber

These were assessed together with this record:

12 March 2024 – I thank the Minister for his answer. Were any requests for additional funding made to the sports Minister for the…

Assessment

Not qualifying

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: 0.04 (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 (0.89).
No identity-based framing was identified (1.00).
Subject area: Sport (including the GAA), the arts and cultural bodies.
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

Probability that each statement is true of this text (0 = no, 1 = yes). A criterion counts as met at 0.60 or above.
Question	Probability	Met?
Identity framing	0.02	No
Sectarian or communal antagonism	0.01	No
Cultural grievance politics	0.04	No
Dog-whistle messaging	0.02	No
Controversy escalation	0.03	No
Legitimate policy scrutiny	0.89	Yes
Overall judgement	0.04	At or below not-qualifying threshold

Context and attribution (stance)
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 area (top five)
Subject	Probability
Sport (including the GAA), the arts and cultural bodies	0.55
No identity-related subject	0.45
Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials	0.00
Parades, bonfires and commemorations	0.00
Irish language, Ulster-Scots and language policy	0.00

Assessed 21 October 2026 at 09:43 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.

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