Topical question AQT 1982/22-27

Topical question by Mr Robbie Butler on 2 February 2026.

MLA: Mr Robbie Butler
Party at the time: Ulster Unionist Party
Date: 2 February 2026
Type: Topical question
Assembly reference: AQT 1982/22-27
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5356518

Text

Mr Butler asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline any help that the Executive Office has given on the detailed consultation that the Infrastructure Minister has put out on the reopening of the Knockmore line — something that the deputy First Minister will be aware of, since it is in her constituency — any questions that they have raised or any resource that they have brought to make it a reality.

74 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Follow-ups by the same MLA in the Chamber

These were assessed together with this record:

2 February 2026 – I thank the deputy First Minister for her answer. I am not sure whether that was a yes, you have done some work with…

Assessment

Not flagged

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).
Assessed as legitimate policy scrutiny (0.92).
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

Probability that each statement is true of this text (0 = no, 1 = yes). A criterion counts as met at 0.60 or above.
Question	Probability	Met?
Identity framing	0.02	No
Sectarian or communal antagonism	0.02	No
Cultural grievance politics	0.01	No
Dog-whistle messaging	0.02	No
Controversy escalation	0.03	No
Legitimate policy scrutiny	0.92	Yes
Overall judgement	0.03	At or below not-flagging threshold

Context and attribution (stance)
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 area (top five)
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 14:18 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.

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