Topical question AQT 1081/22-27
Topical question by Mr Matthew O'Toole on .
- MLA
- Mr Matthew O'Toole
- Party at the time
- Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Date
- 3 March 2025
- Type
- Topical question
- Assembly reference
- AQT 1081/22-27
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4825922
Read the official Assembly record
Text
Mr O'Toole asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether they agree with the deputy leader of the Alliance Party, who said over the weekend that the deputy First Minister was responsible for causing delays and blocking progress in the Executive.
42 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:
- 3 March 2025 – I asked that question, First Minister, because, from the look of the Programme for Government document, which shows…
- 3 March 2025 – Like Mary Lou McDonald? Like the Opposition in Dáil Éireann?
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: 0.34 (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 (0.72).
- 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 | 0.13 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.03 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.07 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.11 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.24 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.12 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.34 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.72 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.22 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.06 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-related subject | 0.76 |
| Irish language, Ulster-Scots and language policy | 0.13 |
| Constitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereignty | 0.08 |
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.02 |
| Another identity-related subject | 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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