Written answers
Tuesday, 10 May 2022
Department of An Taoiseach
Social Media
Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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154. To ask the Taoiseach 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 [23057/22]
Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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155. To ask the Taoiseach 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. [23075/22]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 154 and 155 together.
The tables below contain the information requested by the Deputy on my Department's social media posts.
Channel | Total no. of posts (1st May 2021 – 30th April 2022) | No. of posts exclusively in Irish | % of posts exclusively in Irish | No. of bilingual (Irish and English) posts | % of bilingual (Irish and English) posts | No. of posts either exclusively in Irish or bilingual (Irish and English) | % of posts either exclusively in Irish or bilingual (Irish and English) |
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474 | 21 | 4.43% | 8 | 1.69% | 29 | 6.12% | |
887 | 27 | 3.04% | 0 | 0% | 27 | 3.04% | |
432 | 18 | 4.17% | 4 | 0.93% | 22 | 5.09% | |
212 | 7 | 3.3% | 3 | 1.42% | 10 | 4.72% | |
TikTok | 32 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Channel | Total no. of posts (1st May 2021 – 30th April 2022) | No. of posts exclusively in languages besides Irish and English | % of posts exclusively in languages besides Irish and English | No. of posts which included languages besides Irish and English | % of posts which included languages besides Irish and English |
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474 | 2 | 0.42% | 8 | 1.69% | |
887 | 10 | 1.13% | 12 | 1.35% | |
432 | 0 | 0% | 7 | 1.62% | |
212 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0.47% | |
TikTok | 32 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 3.13% |
All social media posts of the National Economic and Social Council - the only body under the aegis of my Department - were in the English language during the period in question.
Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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156. To ask the Taoiseach 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 [23093/22]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The table below contains the information requested by the Deputy on videos posted by my Department on social media.
Channel | Total no. of videos posted between 1st May 2021 and 30th April 2022) | No. of videos posted with subtitles/closed captions | % of videos posted with subtitles/closed captions |
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174 | 46 | 26.44% | |
127 | 38 | 29.92% | |
107 | 24 | 22.43% | |
55 | 28 | 50.9% | |
TikTok | 29 | 1 | 3.44% |
N o videos posted by the National Economic and Social Council - the only body under the aegis of my Department - in the period in question were subtitled / closed captioned.
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