Written answers

Tuesday, 25 March 2025

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Social Media

Photo of Gary GannonGary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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189. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 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. [14052/25]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Department endeavours to maximise accessibility of its video content published on social media, and to date has prioritised provision of video content on social media channels with accompanying closed captions/subtitles rather than closed on-screen Irish sign language interpretation, in order to achieve this wherever practical.

The percentage of videos published natively on the primary social media channels of the Department that included automatic closed captioning/subtitling between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024, inclusive, is as follows:

Social Media Platform %
X/Twitter 98%
LinkedIn 100%
Facebook 100%
Instagram 94%

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