Debate contribution: Climate Change: Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey
Debate contribution by Mr Andrew Muir on .
- MLA
- Mr Andrew Muir
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 3 June 2025
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Climate Change: Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4986060
Read the official Assembly record
Text
There are a number of things that we must do in response to climate change. We have to take actions to mitigate and adapt. The fact that the institutions did not sit for two years is why we are behind on the climate action plan 2023-27. That is with the Executive for agreement, so, once we have that, we will consult and get people's views on it. We have over 250 proposals on adaption, which will go out for consultation very soon. It is important that we get people's views. The third issue is funding. We need to be able to deliver a just transition, but we also need to invest in the future and create good green jobs. I am engaging with the UK Government on that. I would like to be able to go to them with a green growth strategy as a template for delivering those good green jobs in Northern Ireland. That is why I continue to seek Executive agreement on that strategy. The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed Miliband, wrote to me yesterday and is very amenable to engaging with me and my Department so that we can create those good green jobs and decarbonise our society.
207 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 (0.87).
- No identity-based framing was identified (1.00).
- 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 | 0.02 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.01 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.01 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.02 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.02 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.87 | 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 | 0.99 |
| Constitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereignty | 0.01 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
| Irish language, Ulster-Scots and language policy | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 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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