Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 28 February 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government

9:00 am

Photo of Shane CassellsShane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Rebuilding Ireland has a standalone Twitter account. There have been contributions from Deputies this morning on the failings of aspects of any account. Surely we could have retweets by the main Opposition spokesperson, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, when he is pointing out failures, which carries the Fianna Fáil logo? We could have retweets of that so that people accessing that Twitter account can get the full picture. I have a real problem with that. We saw with the strategic communications unit an attempt, through social media, because marketing and imagery matter, to present a particular picture. These guys are well-paid and highly-educated about this fear and sending a message through a graphic. This was not a Minister on-site turning the sod. It was a Fine Gael graphic with a message. I have a significant difficulty with that because these guys are as cute as foxes and are trying to get that imagery out. A Department retweeting that has major ethical issues.

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