Debate contribution: Belfast Inclusion Health Service
Debate contribution by Mr Mike Nesbitt on .
- MLA
- Mr Mike Nesbitt
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 10 March 2025
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Belfast Inclusion Health Service
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4841263
Read the official Assembly record
Text
I recognise the vital work that the Belfast Inclusion Health Service offers to individuals who are homeless and need access to timely health and social care provision. I, like many in the Chamber, was shocked by the series of events that necessitated the relocation of that vital service to a new temporary location in Belfast. In that context, it is vital that the new permanent location be safe for those accessing and delivering services. To assist with that, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust is actively looking for suitable permanent premises. The work has involved engaging with a range of key stakeholders, including Belfast City Council, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, community and voluntary groups and Land and Property Services (LPS), as well as with the staff and users of the inclusion health service. It is necessary to get their input on the optimum location for the service. The trust has also actively viewed a number of properties. Recently, one was identified as potentially suitable. Trust representatives are engaging with the relevant landlord to discuss a potential lease of the property, including any specific refurbishment work that would need to be completed before it could be agreed. Given that the talks are ongoing, I am not in a position to provide the Member with a definitive timescale for when the inclusion health service will be relocated to a new centre, but I can assure him that it will be done as soon as is practicable.
245 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 (0.66).
- 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 | 0.01 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.02 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.66 | 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 |
|---|---|
| No identity-related subject | 0.68 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.12 |
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.11 |
| Disability (including neurodivergence and mental health), disabled people and disability or sickness benefits | 0.08 |
| Immigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and Travellers | 0.01 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 12:03 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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