Departmental Communications

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 June 2023

Tuesday, 13 June 2023

Questions (1391)

Holly Cairns

Question:

1391. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development 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, that included closed captioning/subtitling between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; and the percentage of same that feature translations into Irish or another language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27662/23]

Written answers

Minister for Rural and Community Development

Between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, 96% of the social media videos published on my Department’s social media accounts included closed captioning/subtitling. For the same period, 15% of the social media videos posted on my Department’s social media accounts featured translations into Irish.

The corresponding information in relation to the agencies that operate under the remit of my Department is set out in the table below:

Agency	Closed captioning/subtitling	Translated
Pobal	14%	0%
Charities Regulator	*0%	66%
Western Development Commission	69%	0%
Water Safety Ireland	0%	0%

* Between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, the Charities Regulator included video format content in 9 social media posts. These 9 videos contained text only, without audio, so did not require closed captioning.