Social Media

Tuesday, 25 March 2025

Questions (906)

Gary Gannon

Question:

906. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development 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. [14058/25]

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Written answers

Minister for Rural and Community Development

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	oireachtasqueries@pobal.ie
Charities Regulator	oireachtas@charitiesregulator.ie
Water Safety Ireland	oireachtas@wsi.ie
Western Development Commission	oireachtas@wdc.ie

Question No. 907 answered with Question No. 902.