Topical question AQT 1346/22-27

Topical question by Mr Peter Martin on 27 May 2025.

MLA: Mr Peter Martin
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 27 May 2025
Type: Topical question
Assembly reference: AQT 1346/22-27
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 4972450

Text

Mr Martin asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister, given that, as his colleague indicated, Polish Heritage Day is this week, on which we will recognise the contribution that Polish people have made over the past 20 years while living, working, contributing to and integrating into Northern Ireland society, what direct engagement their office has had with members of the Polish community.

63 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Follow-ups by the same MLA in the Chamber

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27 May 2025 – Thank you, First Minister, for your answer. Given the First Minister's answer, will she commit to organising a meeting…

Assessment

Not flagged

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: 0.05 (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 (1.00).
Subject area: Immigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and Travellers.
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

Probability that each statement is true of this text (0 = no, 1 = yes). A criterion counts as met at 0.60 or above.
Question	Probability	Met?
Identity framing	0.07	No
Sectarian or communal antagonism	0.01	No
Cultural grievance politics	0.07	No
Dog-whistle messaging	0.02	No
Controversy escalation	0.05	No
Legitimate policy scrutiny	0.47	No
Overall judgement	0.05	At or below not-flagging threshold

Context and attribution (stance)
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 area (top five)
Subject	Probability
Immigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and Travellers	0.99
Another identity-related subject	0.01
No identity-related subject	0.00
Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials	0.00
Parades, bonfires and commemorations	0.00

Assessed 21 October 2026 at 12:33 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.

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