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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 March 2018

Tuesday, 27 March 2018

Ceisteanna (135, 136, 140)

Micheál Martin

Ceist:

135. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he is planning to replace www.merrionstreet.ie as a website and a social media identification (details supplied). [13841/18]

Micheál Martin

Ceist:

136. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he and his officials in the strategic communications unit have plans on the way to deal with fake social media accounts (details supplied). [13842/18]

Micheál Martin

Ceist:

140. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings the strategic communications unit has had with the managers and editorial staff of national newspapers to discuss content partnership arrangements; when they commenced; and the location in which they were held. [14144/18]

Freagraí scríofa

The Taoiseach

I propose to take Questions Nos. 135, 136 and 140 together.

There are no plans to replace merrionstreet.ie as a website or as a social media identity. Twitter has procedures in place for reporting fake social media accounts. Staff in Merrionstreet have been in contact with Twitter regarding this. As a result, Merrionstreet is now part of Twitter's Partnership Support Portal. This means that future reports regarding fake websites impersonating as Merrionstreet.ie will automatically be escalated and dealt with immediately.

Staff in the SCU met the following national newspaper editors in the context of developing content partnerships for Project Ireland 2040:

The Managing Director, Irish Times and the team managing content partnerships;

Managing Editor INM and INM Editorial Board, covering the following titles, Irish Independent, Evening Herald, Star, Sunday Independent, Sunday World;

Managing Editor and CEO of The Journal:

RTE News and Editorials Teams.