Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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218. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department operates an X account (formerly Twitter) or any other social media account, and if such accounts are verified through a subscription fee; the policy in place that guides when any of these accounts can ‘like’, endorse or support a posting on X or other social media platforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53652/23]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department has social media accounts on the platforms: X, LinkedIn and YouTube. It also subscribed to X Premium earlier this year, primarily to retain two-factor authentication protection on the account.

These social media accounts are managed by staff of the Department’s Corporate Communications Unit, and reviewed by a senior manager. As outlined in the Department’s Social Media Policy, content reposted by the Department does not imply any endorsement of the message posted or the individual or organisation who posted it.