Debate contribution: Programme for Government 2024-27
Debate contribution by Mr Gerry Carroll on .
- MLA
- Mr Gerry Carroll
- Party at the time
- People Before Profit Alliance
- Date
- 3 March 2025
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Executive Committee Business
- Heading
- Programme for Government 2024-27
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4826210
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I appreciate the Member's giving way. I concur with her sentiment. Does she express any concern about the Communities Minister's comment earlier when he went on to attack "gender ideology", seemingly sticking the boot into the trans community when asked a fair question about the gender equality strategy? Does she have any concerns about those kinds of comments being made in the Chamber?
63 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: 0.35 (flagging needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not flagged).
- Criteria met: Identity framing (0.66).
- The text criticises or condemns the framing or division (0.63).
- Subject area: Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues.
- 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 | 0.66 | Yes |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.03 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.25 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.14 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.58 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.21 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.35 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing | 0.03 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.32 |
| Criticises or condemns it (chosen) | 0.63 |
| Adopts it | 0.02 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 1.00 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.00 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
| Irish language, Ulster-Scots and language policy | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 12:07 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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