Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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187. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of posts made on each of his departmental social media accounts and platforms that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2020 and 30 April 2021, inclusive; the percentage of posts made on each of his departmental social media accounts and platforms that featured bilingual translations in Irish and English between 1 May 2020 and 30 April 2021, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26578/21]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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My Department conducts the vast majority of its communications through English, however is committed to also doing so through Irish for significant campaigns, most recently for Brexit and Covid.

On Twitter between 1 May 2020 and 30 April 2021, my Department issued approximately 1,223 Twitter posts. Of these, approximately thirteen were translated into Irish. Of those posts seven were entirely in the Irish language, while six posts were bilingual in both Irish and English.

During the same period on LinkedIn, my Department issued an estimated 884 LinkedIn posts. Of these, approximately seven were in the Irish language.  Two were in the Irish language, while five posts were bilingual in both Irish and English.

As a number of the statistics sought are approximates, percentages have not been calculated.