Departmental Communications

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 June 2023

Tuesday, 13 June 2023

Ceisteanna (457)

Holly Cairns

Ceist:

457. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment 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, that included closed captioning/subtitling between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; and the percentage of same that feature translations into Irish or another language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27653/23]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment

The percentage of social media video posts that included closed captioning/subtitling, and the percentage of same that feature translations into Irish or another language, between 1 May 2022 to 30 April 2023 on the social media accounts of my Department and its Offices are set out in the attached table.

Table for PQ27653/23

Department and its Offices	Social media channel	Percentage that included subtitling	Percentage that included subtitling with translations into Irish or another language
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment	LinkedIn	93.3%	0%
Twitter	93.3%	0%
Intellectual Property Office of Ireland	LinkedIn	85.7%	0%
Twitter	62.5%	0%
Facebook	73.7%	0%
Workplace Relations Commission	LinkedIn	100%	56.0%
Twitter	100%	29.2%

The social media activity of the Agencies under my Department’s remit is an operational matter for them and I do not have any direct function in these matters.