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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 May 2022

Tuesday, 10 May 2022

Ceisteanna (154, 155)

Holly Cairns

Ceist:

154. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach 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 2021 and 30 April 2022, inclusive; the percentage of same that feature bilingual translations [23057/22]

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Holly Cairns

Ceist:

155. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach 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 languages besides English or Irish between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, inclusive; the percentage of same that featured languages besides English or Irish. [23075/22]

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Freagraí scríofa

I propose to take Questions Nos. 154 and 155 together.

The tables below contain the information requested by the Deputy on my Department's social media posts.

Channel

Total no. of posts (1st May 2021 – 30th April 2022)

No. of posts exclusively in Irish

% of posts exclusively in Irish

No. of bilingual (Irish and English) posts

% of bilingual (Irish and English) posts

No. of posts either exclusively in Irish or bilingual (Irish and English)

% of posts either exclusively in Irish or bilingual (Irish and English)

Facebook

474

21

4.43%

8

1.69%

29

6.12%

Twitter

887

27

3.04%

0

0%

27

3.04%

Instagram

432

18

4.17%

4

0.93%

22

5.09%

LinkedIn

212

7

3.3%

3

1.42%

10

4.72%

TikTok

32

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

Channel

Total no. of posts (1st May 2021 – 30th April 2022)

No. of posts exclusively in languages besides Irish and English

% of posts exclusively in languages besides Irish and English

No. of posts which included languages besides Irish and English

% of posts which included languages besides Irish and English

Facebook

474

2

0.42%

8

1.69%

Twitter

887

10

1.13%

12

1.35%

Instagram

432

0

0%

7

1.62%

LinkedIn

212

0

0%

1

0.47%

TikTok

32

0

0%

1

3.13%

All social media posts of the National Economic and Social Council - the only body under the aegis of my Department - were in the English language during the period in question.

Question No. 155 answered with Question No. 154.
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