Written answers
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Social Media
Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he 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 his Department; if so, the cost of same; and the name of the social media platforms being monitored. [25795/21]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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My Department does not monitor social media in the manner described by the Deputy.
My Department provides public information about the Department’s policies and programmes through social media, which is managed by staff in the Department’s press office.
Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if officials in his Department are tasked with conducting online and social media monitoring and completing reports on social media coverage of his Department and his Ministerial activities; if so, the number of staff involved; the respective grades of each; the estimated working hours committed to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25813/21]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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My Department does not monitor social media in the manner described by the Deputy.
My Department provides public information about the Department’s policies and programmes through social media, which is managed by staff in the Department’s press office.
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