Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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292. 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 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; the percentage of same that feature bilingual translations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23035/23]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I wish to advise the Deputy thatduring the period specifiedno social media posts on my Department’s Twitter (@IRLDeptPER) or LinkedIn accounts were posted exclusively in Irish or bilingually. My Department is committed to providing effective and accessible communications to all members of society. As such, the communications team in my Department is engaging with internal and external stakeholders to support the drafting of a new communications strategy. As part of this, strategic communication options available to the Department will be reviewed.

The percentage of social media posts by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP), which is also part of my Department, for the specified period exclusively in Irish was eight per cent and there were no social media posts featuring bilingual translations.

Details of the percentage of posts in the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under my remit that were exclusively in Irish and the percentage of same that featured bilingual translations are detailed in the table below:

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

The Public Appointments Service will forward the relevant details directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.