Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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685. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of posts made on each of her Departmental social media accounts and platforms that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2020 and 30 April 2021, inclusive; the percentage of posts made on each of her Departmental social media accounts and platforms that featured bilingual translations in Irish and English between 1 May 2020 and 30 April 2021, inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26585/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that between 1 May 2020 and 30 April 2021, 0.44% of posts made on my Departmental social media accounts and platforms were exclusively written in Irish, while 0.88% of posts featured bilingual translations in Irish and English. The total amount of posts written exclusively in Irish or featuring Irish and English translations was 1.3%.

The social platforms in use by the Department during this period were Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn. The breakdown of posts across eat platform is set out below.

Posts exclusively in Irish: Twitter (0.34), Instagram (0.9%), Facebook (0.8%), LinkedIn (N/A). Posts that feature bilingual translations in Irish and English:  Twitter (0.3%), Instagram (1.83%), Facebook (1.63%), LinkedIn (2.19%).