Social Media

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 May 2021

Tuesday, 18 May 2021

Questions (334)

Holly Cairns

Question:

334. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of posts made on each of his departmental social media accounts and platforms that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2020 and 30 April 2021, inclusive; the percentage of posts made on each of his departmental social media accounts and platforms that featured bilingual translations in Irish and English between 1 May 2020 and 30 April 2021, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26586/21]

Written answers

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.

Social Media Platform	Percentage of Irish Only Posts during specified period	Percentage of Bilingual Posts during specified period
Twitter	1.12%	3%
LinkedIn	-	3.5%

My Department will continue to work progressively towards improving the percentage of Irish Language posts made on its social media accounts and platforms.

More generally, my Department is committed to meeting its obligations in respect of the Official Languages Act.  In this context, the Deputy may be interested to note that the Annual Report 2020 of my Department was published in Irish and English last week and is available at the following links: https://www.gov.ie/ga/bailiuchan/5a45a-dper-annual-reports/ or https://www.gov.ie/en/collection/da1589-dper-annual-reports-2013-16/.