Social Media

Tuesday, 25 March 2025

Ceisteanna (667)

Gary Gannon

Ceist:

667. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of her 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. [14046/25]

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Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is committed to improving accessibility in all its communications. Between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024, the Department and its associated agencies have continued efforts to ensure social media video content is accessible to the widest possible audience.

Please find the required information in the below table:

Platform	Videos 2024 (total)	Videos (captioned/ Subtitled/ text only)	Videos (Irish)
LinkedIn	31	27	1 (text onscreen)
Instagram	38	33	1 (text onscreen)
Facebook	39	36	2 (text onscreen)
X	25	22	0
Youtube	8	6	0

Queries relating to the social media content of agencies under the Department’s remit would be a matter for those bodies to answer directly.