Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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635. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of social media posts made on each of her Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under her 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 she will make a statement on the matter. [23053/22]

Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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636. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of social media posts made on each of her Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under her 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 she will make a statement on the matter. [23071/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 635 and 636 together.

I can inform the Deputy that 4.75% of posts made on my Departmental social media accounts and platforms were exclusively written in Irish, while 1.00% of posts featured bilingual translations in Irish and English, during the timeframe specified. The total amount of posts written exclusively in Irish or featuring Irish and English translations was 5.75%. My Department did not issue social media posts in languages other than English or Irish in the timeframe specified.

The social platforms used by my Department during this period were Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. The breakdown of posts across each platform is set out below.

Posts exclusively in Irish: Twitter (7.78%), Instagram (1.85%), Facebook (2.75%), LinkedIn (4.35%), YouTube (1.61%).

Posts that feature bilingual translations in Irish and English: Twitter (0.37%), Instagram (.31%), Facebook (.92%), LinkedIn (1.24%), YouTube (9.68%).

I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the agencies under my Department's remit. As it has not been possible to collate this information in the time allowed, I will write to the Deputy directly as soon as it is to hand.

Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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637. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of social media videos posted on each of her Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit included closed captioning and or subtitling between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23089/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, 33.07% of posts made on my Department's social media accounts contained video in some format. Of the total amount of video posts, 90.51% contained text-based content and/or captioning/subtitles.

The social platforms in use by the Department during this period were Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn. The breakdown of posts across each platform is set out below.

Video posts with text based content and/or captioning/subtitles:

Twitter (93.84%), Instagram* (89.19%), Facebook (87.63%), LinkedIn (84%).

* Information relates to posts (38.5%) on the Department’s Instagram account during the specified period. Instagram stories (61.5%) auto-delete after 24 hours, therefore data could not be generated for this content.

I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the agencies that operate under my Department's remit. As it has not been possible to collate the information in the time allowed I will write to the Deputy directly when this information is to hand.