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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 May 2022

Tuesday, 10 May 2022

Questions (637)

Holly Cairns

Question:

637. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the percentage of social media videos posted on each of her Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit included closed captioning and or subtitling between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23089/22]

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I wish to inform the Deputy that between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, 33.07% of posts made on my Department's social media accounts contained video in some format. Of the total amount of video posts, 90.51% contained text-based content and/or captioning/subtitles.

The social platforms in use by the Department during this period were Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn. The breakdown of posts across each platform is set out below.

Video posts with text based content and/or captioning/subtitles:

Twitter (93.84%), Instagram* (89.19%), Facebook (87.63%), LinkedIn (84%).

* Information relates to posts (38.5%) on the Department’s Instagram account during the specified period. Instagram stories (61.5%) auto-delete after 24 hours, therefore data could not be generated for this content.

I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the agencies that operate under my Department's remit. As it has not been possible to collate the information in the time allowed I will write to the Deputy directly when this information is to hand.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51
I refer to Parliamentary Question No. 637 to my Department, which was for answer on 10 May 2022, and in which you requested the percentage of social media videos posted on each of my Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under my remit that included closed captioning and or subtitling between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, inclusive.
As you will recall, the information you requested could not be obtained in the time available and I undertook to contact you again. Please find a response to this question provided below for your consideration.
I wish to inform the Deputy that between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, 33.07% of posts made on my Departmental social media accounts contained video in some format. Of the total amount of video posts, 90.51% contained text-based content and/or captioning/subtitles.
The social platforms in use by the Department during this period were Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. The breakdown of posts across each platform is set out below.
Video posts with text-based content and/or captioning/subtitles:
Twitter (93.84%), Instagram* (89.19%), Facebook (87.63%), LinkedIn (84%).
*information relates to posts (38.5%) on the Department’s Instagram account during the period. Instagram stories (61.5%) auto-delete, which has meant that data could not be generated for this content.
I have sought the information requested by the Deputy from the bodies and agencies under my remit and the details are as follows:
An Garda Síochána
66% of the social media videos posted by An Garda Síochána in the specified timeframe included captioning and/or subtitling.
Courts Service
Public-facing videos posted on the Courts Service YouTube account provide the option to turn on closed captions.
Data Protection Commission
None of the videos posted on DPC’s social media accounts during the specified period required closed captioning or subtitling as they did not have audio.
Garda Síochána Inspectorate
One video relating to a report of the Garda Síochána Inspectorate, Delivering Custody Services A Rights-Based Review of the Treatment, Safety and Wellbeing of Persons in Custody in Garda Síochána Stations was published in February 2022 using closed captions. This was the only video posted on the Inspectorate’s social media account in the timeframe in question.
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission
GSOC did not post any audio-visual material during this period that required closed captioning or subtitles.
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