Social Media

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 May 2022

Tuesday, 10 May 2022

Questions (509)

Holly Cairns

Question:

509. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the percentage of social media posts made on each of her Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit that were exclusively in languages besides English or Irish between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, inclusive; the percentage of same that featured languages besides English or Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23063/22]

Written answers

Minister for Education

The Department is committed to making information available for the education sector in an accessible format using appropriate language.  For the period in question, there were 629 posts on the Department's social media channels and there were 12 (1.9%) posts in languages other than English or Irish. These relate to the information campaign on Covid symptoms for children in school, which supported the roll-out of this multilingual campaign. The material was provided for school  communities and was provided on gov.ie, through the Department's direct channels with schools and with the education partners.

This was then supported with reference to this material on the Department's social media channels. 

The Department does not hold the statistics for its public bodies and agencies.