Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 February 2023
184. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education the percentage of social media videos posted on her Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under the remit of her Department, that included closed captioning or subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022, inclusive. [5566/23]
View answerThe Department of Education's social media accounts posted a total of 69 videos during 2022. Of these all but 9 included closed captioning or subtitling, where three of those that did not have closed captions were Irish language versions of a video where the English version did have closed captions. This equates in percentage terms to 86 per cent. 16 social media videos (23 per cent) included full Irish Sign Language Interpretation.
Not all of the videos had recorded audio.
The Department endeavours to make its social media content accessible to those who require the use of ISL or subtitling and continues to improve its output in this regard.
The Department does not hold the figures requested for its aegis bodies.
