Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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604. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, inclusive; the percentage of same that feature bilingual translations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23050/22]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, 0.25% of my department's Twitter posts were exclusively in Irish; none of the posts on the department's other social media accounts were in Irish.

None of my department's social media posts for the period feature bilingual translations.

The information in respect of the state bodies, within the scope of the Deputy’s question, is not held by my Department.  Contact details for these bodies are set out in the attached document should the Deputy wish to contact them directly with her query.

Contact E-Mail Addresses for State Bodies under the Remit of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Note 1 – In regard to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) and the Irish Research Council (IRC) as the IRC operates under the auspices of the HEA. Mr Mellett will address Oireachtas queries for both the HEA and IRC. Please use and respectively to contact Mr Mellett.

Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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605. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that were exclusively in languages besides English or Irish between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, inclusive; the percentage of same that featured languages besides English or Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23068/22]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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None of my department's social media posts between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022 were exclusively in languages besides English or Irish, and none featured languages besides English or Irish.

The information in respect of the state bodies, within the scope of the Deputy’s question, is not held by my Department.  Contact details for these bodies are set out in the attached document should the Deputy wish to contact them directly with her query.

Contact E-Mail Addresses for State Bodies under the Remit of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Note 1 – In regard to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) and the Irish Research Council (IRC) as the IRC operates under the auspices of the HEA. Mr Mellett will address Oireachtas queries for both the HEA and IRC. Please use and respectively to contact Mr Mellett.

Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit included closed captioning and or subtitling between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23086/22]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The percentages of social media videos posted on my department's social media accounts between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, which included closed captioning or subtitling are as follows:

Bodies under my department's aegis operate independently of the department, and no figures can be provided for these.