Debate contribution: Programme for Government: Public Consultation
Debate contribution by Ms Michelle O'Neill on .
- MLA
- Ms Michelle O'Neill
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 9 September 2024
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Ministerial Statement
- Heading
- Programme for Government: Public Consultation
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4511190
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I appreciate the ongoing emphasis that the Member, alongside other colleagues, puts on that area. I am very pleased to say that, hopefully, next week, we will be able to announce our strategy to end violence against women and girls. The Executive signed off on that piece of work last week. As the Member rightly points out, that is a whole-of-society problem that we have. We must do everything that we can to end violence against women and girls, particularly after the summer that has just gone, during which, tragically, three more women lost their lives. I will be delighted to, hopefully, say a lot more about that next week, when we present our strategy for ending violence against women and girls.
As the deputy First Minister set out, we have focused on nine priorities. That is really important, because this is a different, shortened mandate, and one that has been marred by financial challenges, not least because of austerity over the past 14 years. With those two main challenges in mind, it was important that we tried to reimagine the Programme for Government or look at it in a different way. That is why we focused very clearly on those nine key objectives. It is not an exhaustive list; it is a list that the Executive collectively committed to work together on and ensure that we have delivery on. Outside of that, all other Departments also have their own areas of responsibility and work. The new approach reflects the reality of the challenging situation that we face with the finances, but, equally, alongside that, the document, I hope, points to hope. There are opportunities to grow our economy, attract trade, create more and better-paid jobs, address regional imbalance and lift everybody in society up. Those are the things that we are very much going to focus on, and that is why I say that everybody has a stake in what is being set out here today.
327 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: 0.03 (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 (0.96).
- Subject area: Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups.
- 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 | 0.05 | 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 | 0.44 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.03 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.96 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.00 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.04 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups | 0.59 |
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.41 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.00 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 10:58 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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