Social Media

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 May 2022

Tuesday, 10 May 2022

Ceisteanna (461)

Holly Cairns

Ceist:

461. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence 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; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23062/22]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Defence

Twitter is the only social media platform where my Department has a presence and in this regard there are three Twitter accounts in use by my Department.

These include those of the Civil Defence and the Office of Emergency Planning with the Department of Defence Twitter account being launched in July 2020.

During the period 1 May 2021 to 30 April 2022 there were no posts made in languages besides English on these accounts.