Debate contribution: Interpretation and Translation Service: Costs
Debate contribution by Mr Gerry Carroll on .
- MLA
- Mr Gerry Carroll
- Party at the time
- People Before Profit Alliance
- Date
- 2 December 2025
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Interpretation and Translation Service: Costs
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5272116
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Text
Ag leanúint as ceist Emma,
does the Member agree that the DUP culture war, not wanting to see or hear Irish, needs to come to an end and that we owe a debt of gratitude to our interpreters who, while a small team, do exceptional work for me and other Members across the House? Also, can the Member outline whether the Commission has received any complaints or issues about Pi Comms, which does not employ our interpretation staff, but provides the facilities to allow us to record speeches and items in the Chamber?
93 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: 0.35 (flagging needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not flagged).
- Criteria met: Cultural grievance politics (0.60).
- The text criticises or condemns the framing or division (0.66).
- Subject area: Irish language, Ulster-Scots and language policy.
- The overall probability was low and the text did not adopt any identity-based framing.
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 | 0.36 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.27 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.60 | Yes |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.40 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.45 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.44 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.35 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing | 0.01 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.01 |
| Criticises or condemns it (chosen) | 0.66 |
| Adopts it | 0.32 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Irish language, Ulster-Scots and language policy | 1.00 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.00 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
| Sport (including the GAA), the arts and cultural bodies | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 14:07 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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