Social Media

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 May 2023

Tuesday, 16 May 2023

Questions (347)

Holly Cairns

Question:

347. 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 Irish between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; the percentage of same that feature bilingual translations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23026/23]

Written answers

Minister for Education

The Department had a total of 262 tweets between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, of which 60.3% (158) of the posts were bilingual and  0.76% (2) were in Irish only. .

There were also a total of 72 LinkedIn posts between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, of which 61.1% (44) were bilingual.

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