Written answers

Tuesday, 10 May 2022

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

Social Media

Photo of Holly CairnsHolly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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293. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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. [23054/22]

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to advise the Deputy thatduring the period specified, there were814 social media posts by the various official social media accounts of my Department, including the Office of Government Procurement. Of these posts, 6were posted in Irish, including 1 post that was published in Irish and English.

The information regarding the bodies under the aegis of my Department is set out below.

Body* Details of Posts
Office of Public Works (OPW) 2% of which 0.06% bilingual
National Shared Services Office (NSSO) 1.23% of which 3.7% bilingual
Public Appointments Service (PAS) 3% of which 0.33% bilingual
Office of the Ombudsman 2.5% of which 1.60% bilingual

"The Office of the National Lottery Regulator and the State Laboratory do not have any social media accounts.

Photo of Holly CairnsHolly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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294. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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. [23072/22]

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that the posts from my Department’s social media accounts during the period specified did not include any posts in a language other than Irish or English.

This is also the position with regard to the bodies under the aegis of my Department.

Photo of Holly CairnsHolly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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. [23090/22]

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to advise the Deputy thatduring the period specifiedsubtitles were included on40% of the videos posted to the various official social media accounts of my Department, including the Office of Government Procurement. In total, 151 videos were posted, of which 60 included a subtitle function. The information regarding the bodies under the aegis of my Department is set out below.

Body % of social media videos with subtitles
Office of Public Works (OPW) 96%
Public Appointments Service (PAS) 46%
Office of the Ombudsman 33%
National Shared Services Office (NSSO) 100%

*The Office of the National Lottery Regulator and the State Laboratory do not have any social media accounts.

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