Topical question AQT 2183/22-27

Topical question by Mr Danny Baker on .

MLA
Mr Danny Baker
Party at the time
Sinn Féin
Date
23 March 2026
Type
Topical question
Assembly reference
AQT 2183/22-27
Business
Oral Answers to Questions
Assembly identifier
Official Report component 5465482

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Text

Mr Baker asked the Minister of Education, after stating that he completely agreed with the Minister's response to an earlier question when he said that we ought to do all that we can to address bullying, to confirm, given his position of leadership, whether he has ever been accused of bullying within his Department.

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

Follow-ups by the same MLA in the Chamber

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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: 0.10 (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).
  • 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.
QuestionProbabilityMet?
Identity framing0.02No
Sectarian or communal antagonism0.02No
Cultural grievance politics0.01No
Dog-whistle messaging0.04No
Controversy escalation0.21No
Legitimate policy scrutiny0.11No
Overall judgement0.10At or below not-flagging threshold
Context and attribution (stance)
OptionProbability
No identity-based framing (chosen)1.00
Reports or questions it0.00
Criticises or condemns it0.00
Adopts it0.00
Subject area (top five)
SubjectProbability
No identity-related subject0.80
Education structures, integration and community division0.17
Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues0.01
Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations0.01
Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups0.01

Assessed 21 October 2026 at 15:06 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.

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