Debate contribution: Maine Integrated Primary School, Randalstown
Debate contribution by Mr Paul Givan on .
- MLA
- Mr Paul Givan
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 21 January 2025
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Maine Integrated Primary School, Randalstown
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4749743
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Text
My Department has instructed the Education Authority (EA) to undertake urgent remedial health and safety works to the modular building at Maine Integrated Primary School. The works are being scoped and will be delivered as quickly as possible. Drainage, structural and condition surveys of the modular building are being commissioned to determine whether any additional, longer-term works are required. Alongside those actions, a scheme is being progressed to replace the walkway and to provide a replacement classroom with a group room at the school. The Education Authority is preparing a technical feasibility report for the scheme, which will inform the business case. Should the school identify any works required to other modular units on the site, it should submit an unavoidable minor works application to the Department. However, you will appreciate that, due to ongoing budget constraints, minor works are being prioritised on the basis of health and safety, statutory compliance and the need to address urgent and emergency repairs that, if not addressed, could close a school or present a significant health and safety risk. I can assure you that I will continue to make a strong case for the increased and sustained investment that our education system needs.
200 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: 0.02 (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 (0.74).
- No identity-based framing was identified (1.00).
- Subject area: Education structures, integration and community division.
- 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 | 0.02 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.01 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.01 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.01 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.02 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.74 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.02 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| 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 | Probability |
|---|---|
| Education structures, integration and community division | 0.53 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.45 |
| Religion and belief (including people of no religion), churches, faith communities and religious prejudice (including antisemitism and anti-Muslim prejudice) | 0.01 |
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.01 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 11:47 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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