Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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314. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the protocols and or guidelines he has issued in respect of the use of personal social media accounts by officials in his Department; the number of sanctions imposed by his Department on its own officials in the past ten years to date in respect of social media output by its officials, verbal, written or otherwise; if social media platforms are restricted on his Department’s network; if an application (details supplied) is available to use and or download onto Departmental-issued mobile phones; and if not, if it is barred from use. [14507/23]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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The Department social media policy provides general guidelines for staff on use of social media and is publicly available via the Department's website. The Department has not sanctioned any officials in respect of social media output in the past ten years. Queries on which applications are restricted or available for use on Department networks and mobile phones should be directed to the OGCIO.