Topical question AQT 1027/22-27
Topical question by Mr Alan Chambers on .
- MLA
- Mr Alan Chambers
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 17 February 2025
- Type
- Topical question
- Assembly reference
- AQT 1027/22-27
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4802738
Read the official Assembly record
Text
Mr Chambers asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister for their assessment of the recent criticism aimed at the anti-paramilitarism billboard campaign by former Finance Minister and Lord Mayor of Belfast Mr Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, who feels that they stigmatise the community in west Belfast.
46 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: 0.31 (flagging needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not flagged).
- Criteria met: Identity framing (0.61).
- The text reports, quotes or asks about the framing rather than adopting it (0.93).
- Subject area: Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism.
- The overall probability was low and the text did not adopt any identity-based framing.
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 | 0.61 | Yes |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.03 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.59 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.11 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.31 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.50 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.31 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing | 0.07 |
| Reports or questions it (chosen) | 0.93 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism | 0.77 |
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.23 |
| 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 11:57 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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