Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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. [26591/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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My Department is currently active on one social media platform, Twitter. During the timeframe stipulated by the deputy, my Department posted a total of 6 posts in the Irish language, including three bilingual posts in both the English and Irish language.

My Department endeavours to fulfil its obligations towards the Irish language in the daily conduct of its business. The Department’s new Scéim Teanga 2021-2024 seeks to build on the progress achieved by the Department in the implementation of earlier Irish Language schemes. As part of this new scheme, an increasing number of posts will be posted bilingually on the Department’s social media accounts and all posts relating to Gaeltacht areas will be in Irish.