Social Media

Tuesday, 25 March 2025

Ceisteanna (189)

Gary Gannon

Ceist:

189. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs 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]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs

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%