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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 May 2022

Tuesday, 10 May 2022

Questions (604)

Holly Cairns

Question:

604. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, inclusive; the percentage of same that feature bilingual translations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23050/22]

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Written answers

Between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, 0.25% of my department's Twitter posts were exclusively in Irish; none of the posts on the department's other social media accounts were in Irish.

None of my department's social media posts for the period feature bilingual translations.

The information in respect of the state bodies, within the scope of the Deputy’s question, is not held by my Department.  Contact details for these bodies are set out in the attached document should the Deputy wish to contact them directly with her query.

Contact E-Mail Addresses for State Bodies under the Remit of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Name of Body

Dedicated Email address for the Members of the Oireachtas

Designated Official Responsible for assisting Oireachtas Members

Higher Education Authority

Oireachtas@hea.ie

Padraic Mellett*

Irish Research Council( Note 1)

Oireachtas@research.ie

Padraic Mellett*

Grangegorman Development Agency

Communications@ggda.ie

nora.rahill@ggda.ie

SOLAS

oireachtasinfo@solas.ie

Maria Walsh maria.walshe@solas.ie

Skillnets Ltd

oireachtas@skillnets.com

t.donnery@skillnets.com

Quality and Qualifications Ireland

ceo@qqi.ie

ceo@qqi.ie

Léargas – The Exchange Bureau

oireachtas@leargas.ie

fbroughan@leargas.ie

Science Foundation Ireland

ciara.cotter@sfi.ie

Ciara Cotter

Note 1 – In regard to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) and the Irish Research Council (IRC) as the IRC operates under the auspices of the HEA. Mr Mellett will address Oireachtas queries for both the HEA and IRC. Please use Oireachtas@hea.ie and Oireachtas@research.ie respectively to contact Mr Mellett.

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