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 4972272
Read the official Assembly record
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I concur with the Member: we need to ensure that we do everything efficiently, that we align where we can and that we break down the silo mentality that has always existed. There are some really good examples across all the Departments of how to do that, and, obviously, there are lessons to be learned as well. We have made a good start by having a Programme for Government that will be aligned, hopefully, with a three-year Budget. The priorities that have been identified in the Programme for Government will also allow us to be more strategic and aligned. In addition, we have the introduction of the office of AI and digital. We have an opportunity to do things more efficiently and better there. Perhaps that will be an opportunity for us to look at all the different strategies that we have to make sure that they are fit for purpose. Every Department will have its own strategies for different reasons. You cited an example of where there are perhaps numerous strategies. There is always an obligation in each Department to ensure that they are fit for purpose and that they do what it says on the tin. I am certainly happy to take away the general point that the Member makes and to see whether there is any opportunity, particularly with digital and transformation, for us to look at the number of strategies that we have across all the Departments.
241 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: 0.02 (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 (0.63).
- No identity-based framing was identified (1.00).
- The overall probability was at or below the not-flagging threshold.
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Jev’s structured answers
| Question | Probability | Met? |
|---|---|---|
| Identity framing | 0.02 | 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 | 0.63 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.02 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| 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 | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-related subject | 1.00 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
| Irish language, Ulster-Scots and language policy | 0.00 |
| Sport (including the GAA), the arts and cultural bodies | 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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