Written answers

Tuesday, 1 April 2025

Department of Rural and Community Development

Irish Sign Language

Photo of Liam QuaideLiam Quaide (Cork East, Social Democrats)
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871. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts that included closed captioning or subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024, inclusive. [15741/25]

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to PQ 906 of 25th March 2025 which also provided this information.

For the period in question, 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024, 100% of videos posted on my Department’s social media accounts included closed captioning/subtitling with a view to making these more accessible. None of the videos included Irish sign language (ISL) translations.

There are four agencies under my Department’s remit: the Western Development Commission, POBAL, Water Safety Ireland, and the Charities Regulator. They are all independent legal entities responsible for managing their own corporate affairs in compliance with their statutory obligations.

The details of the Oireachtas contact point for each of the agencies, who would be in a position to provide the Deputy with the requested information in respect of their organisation, are set out in the table below:

Pobal
Charities Regulator
Water Safety Ireland
Western Development Commission

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