Topical question AQT 131/22-27
Topical question by Mr Matthew O'Toole on .
- MLA
- Mr Matthew O'Toole
- Party at the time
- Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Date
- 8 April 2024
- Type
- Topical question
- Assembly reference
- AQT 131/22-27
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4481333
Read the official Assembly record
Text
Mr O'Toole asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether the issues raised in the motions that have been debated, including many tabled by her party, since the Assembly’s return, on topics such as making affordable childcare available, ending violence against women and girls, making school uniforms more affordable and addressing workers’ rights, many of which, on issue of the Order Paper, were heavily publicised, will be legislated for, with financial commitments, in a new Programme for Government, given that the First Minister said earlier that she hopes that a Programme for Government will be ready for delivery at some point in the summer.
105 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:
- 8 April 2024 – Thank you, First Minister. On a separate but related issue, just before recess, in a written ministerial statement that…
- 8 April 2024 – Did the First Minister know about that appointment beforehand, and does she support it?
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: 0.07 (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 (0.93).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.99).
- Subject area: Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues.
- 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 | 0.02 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.02 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.03 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.93 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.07 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.99 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.00 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.01 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.51 |
| Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups | 0.25 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.24 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 09:53 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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