Topical question AQT 321/22-27

Topical question by Mr Matthew O'Toole on 28 May 2024.

MLA: Mr Matthew O'Toole
Party at the time: Social Democratic and Labour Party
Date: 28 May 2024
Type: Topical question
Assembly reference: AQT 321/22-27
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 4492469

Text

Mr O'Toole asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister, after welcoming Rockwell College, Tipperary to proceedings, to state when we will see a full Programme for Government, given that, when the First Minister referenced the legislative programme, which he welcomes and acknowledges, in answer to his colleague’s question, a Programme for Government, which is much broader than a legislative programme in which some of the measures are simply to keep parity with GB, was not mentioned.

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

Follow-ups by the same MLA in the Chamber

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28 May 2024 – As a former civil servant, I acknowledge that there is a pre-election period. Obviously, I do not want the First…

Assessment

Not flagged

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: 0.13 (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).
No identity-based framing was identified (0.94).
Subject area: Irish language, Ulster-Scots and language policy.
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

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	0.04	No
Sectarian or communal antagonism	0.02	No
Cultural grievance politics	0.06	No
Dog-whistle messaging	0.05	No
Controversy escalation	0.13	No
Legitimate policy scrutiny	0.56	No
Overall judgement	0.13	At or below not-flagging threshold

Context and attribution (stance)
Option	Probability
No identity-based framing (chosen)	0.94
Reports or questions it	0.03
Criticises or condemns it	0.00
Adopts it	0.03

Subject area (top five)
Subject	Probability
Irish language, Ulster-Scots and language policy	0.64
No identity-related subject	0.35
Constitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereignty	0.01
Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials	0.00
Parades, bonfires and commemorations	0.00

Assessed 21 October 2026 at 10:28 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.

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