Written question AQW 8108/22-27
Written question by Ms Sorcha Eastwood on .
- MLA
- Ms Sorcha Eastwood
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 4 March 2024
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 8108/22-27
- Department
- The Executive Office
- Business
- To the First Minister and deputy First Minister
- Assembly identifier
- Document 392067
Read the official Assembly record Open Data source
Text
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, pursuant to AQW 5663/22-27, to confirm that without ministerial agreement on the future of the Maze/Long Kesh site, the Maze/Long Kesh Development Corporation is constrained to matters of health and safety, site security, essential maintenance and supporting the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society, the Ulster Aviation Society and the Air Ambulance Northern Ireland in accordance with agreements, leases and licenses.
68 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: 0.14 (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 (0.90).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.98).
- Subject area: Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism.
- 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 | 0.04 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.02 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.06 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.05 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.13 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.90 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.14 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.98 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.02 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism | 0.77 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.20 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.02 |
| Constitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereignty | 0.01 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
Assessed 20 October 2026 at 21:35 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r1, methodology 1.0.
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