Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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459. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount that her Department has spent on social media training and consultancy in each year since 2016. [14564/18]

Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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I am advised that in the period 2016 to date, my Department spent €1,000 on social media training for staff.A breakdown of the year provided, training course, number of staff who attended and cost is supplied in the table below. I am further advised that, while my Department does not engage social media consultants, it has engaged third party service providers to assist with the provision of social media content and a range of other services for the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme and the Creative Ireland Programme.

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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460. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if training has been delivered in her Department on the use of social media (details supplied); the frequency and cost of this training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14580/18]

Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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I am advised that, during the period 2012 to 2017, my Department spent €6,383 on social media training for staff.  A breakdown of the year provided, training course, number of staff who attended and cost is supplied in the following table.