My Department does not currently engage in real time reporting of online conversations on issues relating to social welfare, which are in the public domain and found on websites, blogs and social networks.
The Department provides a wide range of contact channels for its customers including LoCall telephone numbers, face to face in its network of local offices, e-mail, SMS (text), twitter, and through its website www.welfare.ie.
The Department keeps its contact channels under review in order to make full use of new and emerging technologies to broaden the choice of service delivery for customers.