Social Media

Tuesday, 25 March 2025

Questions (436)

Gary Gannon

Question:

436. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media 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. [14061/25]

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Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media

My Department is committed to ensuring that members of the public can readily access the messages we are communicating.

Between January 1 2024 and December 31 2024, inclusive, 69.4 % of videos posted on my Department’s social media channels were close captioned / subtitled. Irish Sign Language is an option used primarily in live and/or livestreamed events. There were no such events last year. For other videos, subtitling is used.