Written answers

Wednesday, 8 February 2023

Department of An Taoiseach

Social Media

Photo of Neasa HouriganNeasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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47. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under the remit of his Department, that included closed captioning or subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022, inclusive. [5578/23]

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The information sought by the Deputy in relation to the Department of the Taoiseach and the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) - which incorporates the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) - is set out in the tables below.

Department of the Taoiseach

Platform
Total no. of videos
No. of videos with subtitles
% of videos with subtitles
No. of videos with ISL
% of videos with ISL
% of videos with speech or narrative that feature ISL and/or subtitles
Facebook
106
35
33.02%
1
0.94%
92.11%
Twitter
160
47
29.38%
26
16.25%
81.82%
LinkedIn
63
33
52.38%
1
1.59%
97.06%
Instagram
110
27
24.55%
0
0%
71.05%
YouTube
65
48
73.85%
26
40%
80.00%
TikTok
34
8
23.53%
0
0%
44.44%
All Platforms
538
198
36.80%
54
10.04%
80.80%

NESDO (incorporating the National Economic and Social Council (NESC))

Platform
Total no. of videos
No. of videos with subtitles
% of videos with subtitles
No. of videos with ISL
% of videos with ISL
% of videos with speech or narrative that feature ISL and/or subtitles
YouTube
4
0
0%
0
0%
0%

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