Written answers
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
Department of An Taoiseach
Social Media
Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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169. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of his Department’s social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under its remit, including closed captioning and subtitling and Irish Sign Language translations, between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024, inclusive. [14060/25]
Micheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)
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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) – the only body under the aegis of the Department of the Taoiseach - 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 | 115 | 47 | 44 | 94% |
| 109 | 47 | 45 | 96% | |
| 54 | 36 | 35 | 97% | |
| 116 | 57 | 50 | 88% | |
| TikTok | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| YouTube | 50 | 50 | 43 | 86% |
| All Platforms | 445 | 238 | 218 | 92% |
| * ‘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 |
| 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 | 5 | 2 | 0 | n/a |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | n/a | |
| 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | |
| YouTube | 8 | 6 | 6 | 100% |
| All Platforms | 19 | 10 | 6 | 60% |
| * ‘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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