Written answers

Tuesday, 13 June 2023

Department of Education and Skills

Departmental Communications

Photo of Holly CairnsHolly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of social media videos posted on each of her Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; and the percentage of same that feature translations into Irish or another language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27652/23]

Photo of Norma FoleyNorma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The Department had a total of 71 Twitter video posts between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, of which 50 (70%) were closed captioned/subtitled. 17 (24%) of the posts contained subtitles that were translated into Irish or another language.

A total of 28 videos were posted on LinkedIn between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, of which 22 (78%) were closed captioned/subtitled. Eight (28%) of the posts contained subtitles which were translated into Irish or another language.

The Department does not hold the statistics for its public bodies and agencies.

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