Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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339. To ask the Minister for Health 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, which included closed captioning or subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022, inclusive. [5572/23]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Health operates social media accounts under the names "RoinnSlainte", "Healthy Ireland" and "Sláintecare" brandings. A total of 64 videos were posted to the "RoinnSlainte" Instagram, Twitter and Facebook profiles in 2022, 100% of which were subtitled.

The YouTube account operated by the Department of Health also stores webinars – which are typically 60 minutes in duration – and do not include subtitles. Footage of press conferences or Government launches are also included on this account. 76% of the videos posted on Department's YouTube account contained subtitles whilst 2% contained ISL translation

Healthy Ireland shared 89 videos on social media channels in 2022, 42% had subtitling and 0% had ISL.

Sláintecare shared 2 videos on social media in 2022; 100% of which had subtitles.