Timmy Dooley
Question:81. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount his Department has spent on social media training and consultancy in each of the years 2011 to 2016. [18166/18]
View answerDáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 25 April 2018
81. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount his Department has spent on social media training and consultancy in each of the years 2011 to 2016. [18166/18]
View answer82. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if training has been delivered in his Department on the use of social media; the frequency and cost of this training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18202/18]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 81 and 82 together.
My Department provides social media training to staff to increase their capacity to promote public engagement and accountability for our work across global issues and in the delivery of services.
In-house expertise is used wherever possible and training on the use of social media is generally delivered by the Communications Unit in my Department at no additional cost.
The information requested by the Deputy regarding training that has been delivered on the use of social media, including the amounts spent on social media consultancy in each of the years 2011 – 2016, is set out in the following table. From time to time the Department’s eighty missions overseas may incur modest miscellaneous expenses in relation to social media training.
Date |
Description |
Organised by |
Cost |
19 January 2016 |
Facebook training for missions |
DFAT Communications Unit with Facebook |
Nil |
21 January 2016 |
Twitter training for missions |
DFAT Communications Unit with Twitter |
Nil |
3 March 2015 |
Social Media and Website Training |
DFAT Press Office |
Nil |
17 July 2014 |
Social Media and Website Training |
DFAT Press Office |
Nil |
26 June 2014 |
Social Media and Legal Risks |
Public Affairs Ireland |
€295 |
9 July 2013 |
Social Media Training |
Darragh Doyle |
€450 |
16&17 October 2012 |
Certificate in Social Media |
Public Affairs Ireland |
€560 |
23 June 2011 |
Using Social Media in the Public Sector |
Public Affairs Ireland |
€395 x3 |
9 September 2011 |
Social Media Training |
Irish Times Training |
€345 x2 |