Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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732. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has engaged a third-party company to date in 2021 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or provide reports on social media coverage of her Department; if so, the cost of same; and the name of the social media platforms being monitored. [25791/21]

Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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733. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if officials in her Department are tasked with conducting online and social media monitoring and completing reports on social media coverage of her Department and her Ministerial activities; if so, the number of staff involved; the respective grades of each; the estimated working hours committed to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25809/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 732 and 733 together.

My Department does not engage in online and social media monitoring and does not compile reports on social media coverage. Furthermore, no third-party company has been engaged or contracted to carry out this activity.