Written answers
Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Social Media
Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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169. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 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. [5570/23]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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My Department complies with the European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020 and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1. The Department endeavours to ensure that its video content is accessible to as many people as possible, and we are committed to providing Departmental videos with closed captioning and/or subtitling where practical. The percentage of videos that adhered to the requirement for CC/subtitling on the Department of Foreign Affairs social media channels can be found below:
Platform | CC/Subtitles |
---|---|
82% | |
84% | |
97% | |
YouTube | 69% |
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