Debate contribution: Waste Water Infrastructure: Developer Contributions
Debate contribution by Ms Liz Kimmins on .
- MLA
- Ms Liz Kimmins
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 13 April 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Waste Water Infrastructure: Developer Contributions
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5483477
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Text
Absolutely. I cannot reiterate that strongly enough, particularly given what people face now. We have seen what has happened in recent weeks on the global stage and the impact that that is having on ordinary people. Such decisions are taken when Governments in Britain and America choose war over people. That is the reality of the situation. They are not the people who feel the pain; it is the people whom we represent, the ordinary people who are struggling to keep their head above water, to put food on the table, to put oil in their tank and to get fuel to take them to and from their job. Many of those people are domiciliary carers. Am I prepared to add to that strain and burden? Absolutely not, and I will not give cover to a British Government who shirk their responsibility and send billions to fund such wars whilst wringing their hands and saying that they cannot do anything else. We continue to bang on the British Government's door to make sure that the people whom we represent get what they are entitled to.
185 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: 0.15 (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 (0.99).
- 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 | 0.11 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.05 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.02 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.09 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.10 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.43 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.15 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.99 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.00 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.01 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-related subject | 0.55 |
| Disability (including neurodivergence and mental health), disabled people and disability or sickness benefits | 0.37 |
| Constitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereignty | 0.04 |
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.02 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.02 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 15:18 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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