Written answers
Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Department of Justice and Equality
Irish Sign Language
Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of social media videos posted on 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 and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, inclusive. [3368/24]
Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I am informed that between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, 46% of posts made on my Department's social media accounts contained video in some format. Of the total amount of videos posted 97% included text-based content and/or captioning/subtitles. Irish Sign Language (ISL) was not used, however, there is an ISL translator at all live-streamed events.
The social platforms in use by my Department during this period were Twitter (now X), Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
I have sought the information requested by the Deputy from the agencies under the remit of my Department. Those who used video on their social media channels have provided the details set out below. I am informed that public bodies or agencies generally provide closed captioning or subtitling rather than Irish Sign Language (ISL) for social media videos.
An Garda Síochána
An Garda Síochána produced and published 72 videos to its Social media channels in 2023.Of these, 55 were fully subtitled which equates to 76 % of total videos produced and published.
Garda Síochána Inspectorate
The Garda Inspectorate posted four videos on Twitter/X and three videos on YouTube in 2023. Four of those videos were text based and did not require closed captioning. The remaining three videos included closed captioning.
The Policing Authority
The Policing Authority published eight videos to its YouTube channel in 2023. All videos included subtitles/closed captions.
Legal Aid Board
100% of the Legal Aid Board's social media videos included close captioning/subtitling during 2023.
Insolvency Service Ireland (ISI)
ISI posted seven videos to social media in 2023 on YouTube and Facebook. Four of these included closed captioning (YouTube only) which equates to 57%. Use of Irish Sign Language (ISL) is planned for 2024.
Data Protection Commission (DPC)
One video was posted on the DPC’s social media channels in 2023. This did not have closed captioning/subtitling.
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