Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

429. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he engaged a third-party company in each of the years from 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct online and-or social media monitoring and-or to provide reports on social media coverage of his Department; if so, the cost of same; and if the names of the social media platforms being monitored will be provided. [28912/20]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

My Department does not engage a third-party company to conduct online or social media monitoring. The social media platforms Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are monitored by staff in my department’s Communication’s Unit who also have a number of other duties and responsibilities.