Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 June 2021
326. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the amount her Department has spent on social media content production since the beginning of January 2021 until 12 June 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32627/21]
View answerThe Department regularly produces information videos. These videos contain public health advice for the school community, addresses by the Minister on Department initiatives and information and guidance on Department initiatives. These may be published on its social media channels, provided directly to schools for their use, or both.
The Department engages the services of an external Irish Sign Language provider to provide interpreting services on relevant social media videos. This service is important for all those in the education sector who are deaf or hard of hearing.
For the period in question, the Department has incurred €5,129.40 in expenditure on the production of content that has been disseminated in several ways, including on social media.
