Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 May 2023
307. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment 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 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; the percentage of same that feature bilingual translations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23027/23]
View answerThe percentage of social media posts in Irish, and those featuring bilingual translations, which issued between 1 May 2022 to 30 April 2023 from the social media accounts of my Department and its Offices are set out in the attached table; to note it does not include paid campaigns.
With regard to the social media activity of the agencies under my Department’s remit, these are operational matters for those agencies and I do not have any direct function in these matters.
|
Department and its Offices |
Name of social media channel |
Total number of social media posts made on Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies |
Number of social media posts exclusively in Irish language |
Number of social media posts that feature bilingual translations |
|
|
718 |
49 (6.8%) |
0 |
|
|
|
730 |
49 (6.7%) |
0 |
|
|
DETE |
YouTube |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
129 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
87 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
46 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
IPOI |
|
143 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
180 |
31 (17.2%) |
0 |
|
|
WRC |
|
283 |
49 (17.3%) |
0 |
|
Labour Court |
|
61 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
178 |
8 (4.5%) |
0 |
|
|
CRO |
|
6 |
0 |
1 (16.7%) |
|
|
372 |
16 (4.3%) |
1 (0.3%) |
|
|
RBO |
|
26 |
8 (30.8%) |
1 (3.8%) |
|
TOTAL |
2,960 |
210 (7.1%) |
3 (0.1%) |
