Member's statement: Disabled People's Parliament
Member's statement by Mr Danny Donnelly on .
- MLA
- Mr Danny Donnelly
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 24 November 2025
- Type
- Member's statement
- Business
- Members' Statements
- Heading
- Disabled People's Parliament
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5253921
Read the official Assembly record
Text
I want to take a minute to mention a fantastic event that happened in the Chamber on Friday. I attended the Disabled People's Parliament with my colleague Kellie Armstrong, and I thank the organisers, the Assembly staff and all who spoke. The event was chaired by the Principal Deputy Speaker, and everybody involved heard a debate on the impact of laws and policies on deaf and disabled people in Northern Ireland, particularly the barriers that disabled people face, whether in education, employment, transport, health or anything else. A range of members representing multiple disabilities made very passionate speeches. I have no time to go into them all in detail, but they were really strong, and it was a fantastic event. The debate was responded to by two Ministers: the Minister of Health and the Minister for Communities. The whole event will have been recorded, and I encourage all Members to watch the recording. It lasts about two hours and is a very good debate. It will be followed by a report, which will have recommendations for us on the need to progress changes to our society to make it more open, accessible and inclusive.
194 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 (1.00).
- Subject area: Disability (including neurodivergence and mental health), disabled people and disability or sickness benefits.
- 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 | 0.05 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.01 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.02 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.01 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.02 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.17 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.03 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Disability (including neurodivergence and mental health), disabled people and disability or sickness benefits | 1.00 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.00 |
| 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 13:48 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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