Topical question AQT 981/22-27
Topical question by Mr Patsy McGlone on .
- MLA
- Mr Patsy McGlone
- Party at the time
- Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Date
- 4 February 2025
- Type
- Topical question
- Assembly reference
- AQT 981/22-27
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4779444
Read the official Assembly record
Text
Mr McGlone asked the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in light of the fact that DAERA's remit includes rural affairs, which is sometimes forgotten, and that, as a result of the storm, rural isolation was at its worst and most pronounced in many of our areas, because people were without heat and electricity, those with health problems were confined to their bed and house and others were left without any means of communication because phone masts were down and fibre broadband is still out, which affects not only them but business, what consultation or collaboration there has been with other Departments.
103 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:
- 4 February 2025 – What collaboration is or is likely to be ongoing with other Departments to get an audit of how things happened and how…
- 4 February 2025 – Ah, sure, you are great, Minister.
- 4 February 2025 – Not after what your colleague said about me earlier. It has been referred to the Executive. Can we have a plan of…
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: 0.05 (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 (0.94).
- No identity-based framing was identified (1.00).
- 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 | 0.02 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.01 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.02 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.03 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.94 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.05 | 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 |
|---|---|
| No identity-related subject | 0.67 |
| Disability (including neurodivergence and mental health), disabled people and disability or sickness benefits | 0.32 |
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.01 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 11:51 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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