Written question AQW 8442/22-27
Written question by Mr Jim Allister KC on .
- MLA
- Mr Jim Allister KC
- Party at the time
- Traditional Unionist Voice
- Date
- 7 March 2024
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 8442/22-27
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Business
- To the Minister for Communities
- Assembly identifier
- Document 392854
Read the official Assembly record Open Data source
Text
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail his plans to support local sports people to form Northern Ireland federations, in order to allow them to compete on the international stage in the name of their own country.
38 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: 0.22 (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 (0.67).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.94).
- Subject area: Sport (including the GAA), the arts and cultural bodies.
- 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 | 0.16 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.02 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.33 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.05 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.22 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.67 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.22 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.94 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.00 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.06 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Sport (including the GAA), the arts and cultural bodies | 0.78 |
| Constitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereignty | 0.11 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.06 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.03 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.02 |
Assessed 23 October 2026 at 12:46 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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