Social Media

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 May 2021

Tuesday, 18 May 2021

Questions (703)

Holly Cairns

Question:

703. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged a third-party company to date in 2021 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or provide reports on social media coverage of his Department; if so, the cost of same; and the name of the social media platforms being monitored. [25778/21]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The Department has not engaged a third party to conduct social media monitoring or to provide reports on social media coverage of the Department.

The Department has engaged a third-party company, Truehawk Media, to monitor print, broadcast and online news media. The expenditure to date in 2021, excluding VAT, for this service has been €7,000.