The Department of Health’s Twitter feed had the lowest number of mentions of its Minister in its timeline, according to an independent analysis of tweets by Government departments. Just 6 per cent of the department’s tweets between January 1st and April 22nd – or 64 tweets – mentioned Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly, mostly relating to the Covid-19 pandemic. This was in a much smaller number of tweets overall as the Department of Health tweets more frequently than the Department of Finance. Featuring a Minister too much would leave the department open to accusations that their platform is being misused,” said Mr Scott. Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage had “quite a balanced output” – it is the fourth most active department on Twitter and he is the third most mentioned Minister, featuring in almost one in every five tweets they post.

Source: The Irish Times April 26, 2021 00:11 UTC