A spokesperson for the Department of Health has insisted that Minister Stephen Donnelly has not paid for likes and retweets on Twitter.
A video was posted to his official account on Tuesday afternoon in which the minister spoke about the Cabinet sign-off on the new National Maternity Hospital.
In the video, he said: “This morning, the Government agreed to proceed with the building of the new National Maternity Hospital. It’s a really important decision and the new hospital is going to be central to women’s healthcare into the future.