Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 May 2022
864. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit included closed captioning and or subtitling between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23078/22]
View answerI advise the Deputy that 100% of videos posted on the official Departmental social media accounts in the period from 1st May 2021 to 30th April 2022 included closed captioning and or subtitles.
The Department's native videos are produced and delivered to ensure that the audience can access the content by using subtitles and alternative text on graphics.
For the Department’s live-streamed video content, the third party platform YouTube is used to stream text from their closed captioning software to automatically create captions for videos and to make content more accessible.
As regards the 12 State Bodies under the aegis of the Department, the information requested is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves. I have therefore referred the Deputy’s question to the Agencies and have requested that a response should issue to the Deputy within 10 days.
