Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 June 2025
571. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department’s website employs analytics tools (details supplied) that track website traffic using UTM parameters (for example, utm_source); if so, whether any visits have been recorded with a specific parameter or similar identifiers indicating traffic from ChatGPT; and to provide the monthly number of such visits, if recorded, for each of the past 12 months, in tabular form. [32507/25]
View answerMy Department uses Google Analytics tools that track website traffic to its online platforms. UTM parameters are enabled for MyGovID and MyWelfare.
The monthly number of visits, using this parameter, for each of the past 12 months is set out below.
|
Month |
MyGovId |
MyWelfare |
|
June 2024 |
0 |
0 |
|
July 2024 |
0 |
0 |
|
August 2024 |
6 |
24 |
|
September 2024 |
13 |
167 |
|
October 2024 |
21 |
281 |
|
November 2024 |
29 |
306 |
|
December 2024 |
28 |
326 |
|
January 2025 |
42 |
515 |
|
February 2025 |
53 |
460 |
|
March 2025 |
59 |
665 |
|
April 2025 |
95 |
780 |
|
May 2025 |
164 |
1648 |
