Written answers
Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Department of An Taoiseach
Irish Sign Language
Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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43. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of social media videos posted on his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, inclusive. [3372/24]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The information sought by the Deputy in relation to the Department of the Taoiseach and the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) - which incorporates the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) - is set out in the tables below.
Department of the Taoiseach
| Platform | Total Videos* | Videos with Speech** | Videos with Speech that feature ISL and/or Subtitles | % of Videos with Speech that feature ISL and/or Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| X/Twitter | 73 | 38 | 37 | 97 |
| 16 | 11 | 11 | 100 | |
| 30 | 13 | 13 | 100 | |
| 38 | 13 | 13 | 100 | |
| TikTok | 14 | 9 | 9 | 100 |
| YouTube | 21 | 16 | 5 | 31 |
| All Platforms | 192 | 100 | 88 | 88 |
| * ‘Total Videos’ includes all videos posted by the Department such as speeches, packages, videos without audio and videos solely with animated text ** ‘Videos with Speech’ only includes videos that feature a person talking i.e. Videos that are possible to subtitle | ||||
| Platform | Total Videos* | Videos with Speech** | Videos with Speech that feature ISL and/or Subtitles | % of Videos with Speech that feature ISL and/or Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| X/Twitter | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 100% | |
| YouTube | 6 | 6 | 6 | 100% |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | |
| All Platforms | 11 | 9 | 8 | 88% |
| * ‘Total Videos’ includes all videos posted such as speeches, packages, videos without audio and videos solely with animated text ** ‘Videos with Speech’ only includes videos that feature a person talking i.e. Videos that are possible to subtitle | ||||
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