Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 May 2022
887. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development 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; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23055/22]
Amharc ar fhreagra888. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development 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 her 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 she will make a statement on the matter. [23073/22]
Amharc ar fhreagra889. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit included closed captioning and or subtitling between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23091/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 887 to 889, inclusive, together.
There are four agencies that operate under the remit of my Department (DRCD) as follows;
- Western Development Commission (WDC),
- Pobal,
- Charities Regulator (CR), and
- Water Safety Ireland (WSI).
The table below sets out the information requested by the Deputy for the period in question in respect of my Department and the four agencies referred to above.
|
Social media post category |
DRCD |
Pobal |
WDC |
WSI |
CR |
|
% of social media posts that were exclusively in languages besides English or Irish |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
|
% of social media posts that featured languages besides English or Irish |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
|
% of social media posts exclusively in Irish |
0% |
0% |
3% |
0% |
0% |
|
% of social media posts that feature bilingual translations; |
6.08% |
0% |
2% |
0% |
0% |
|
% of social media videos that included closed captioning and or subtitling |
100% |
8.24% |
100% |
14% |
No videos posted on social media |
