Debate contribution: Strategies
Debate contribution by Ms Michelle O'Neill on .
- MLA
- Ms Michelle O'Neill
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 27 May 2025
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Strategies
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4972268
Read the official Assembly record
Text
Our focus is on delivering meaningful and impactful strategies that will result in delivery across the community and sectors in need. In developing and delivering our strategies, our work aligns with best practice, including co-design and co-production. The focus in the Programme for Government has reform and transformation of public services at the core of its work, with the new delivery unit at the heart of ensuring that the Executive’s priorities get the focus needed to bring about lasting change and improvement. We have in place an office of AI and digital, which will embrace new technologies and help us to improve efficiency and effectiveness. A tangible example of that is in delivering on the ending violence against women and girls strategic framework. Our officials worked collaboratively on that with all Departments and stakeholders to understand the issues, where there are gaps in provision and, most importantly, how we can improve the experiences of women and girls. We will continue to work closely with the Departments of Justice and Health in aligning our work with that of the domestic and sexual abuse strategy and will work with key partners, such as the PSNI and the councils, to deliver more effectively and efficiently, ensuring that there is no risk of duplication. The collaborative and coordinated approach across Departments and within the Executive, with a priority accorded to innovation and reform in delivery, will continue to ensure that strategies are delivered in a focused and meaningful way.
245 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: 0.03 (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 (0.99).
- Subject area: Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues.
- 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 | 0.03 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.01 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.01 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.01 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.02 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.57 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.03 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.99 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.00 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.01 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.58 |
| Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups | 0.41 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.01 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 12:35 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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