Written answers
Tuesday, 28 March 2006
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Arts Funding
11:00 pm
Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 542: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of capital projects in his Department that have incorporated the per cent for art scheme and the number that did not include the percentage for arts scheme for the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11934/06]
Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The provision and management of capital projects and any associated art works funded through my Department's capital programmes are matters primarily for the local authorities. While guidance has been issued to local authorities on the artistic features scheme commenced in 1986 and on the per cent for art scheme that succeeded the former in 1997, my Department does not have comprehensive data on projects which have or have not incorporated an artistic feature under this scheme.
General national guidelines on the per cent for art scheme were issued by my colleague, the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, in December 2004. These guidelines recommend that the commissioning body should maintain a database of all projects funded under the scheme. The commissioning body, in the case of capital projects funded by my Department, is generally the local authority.
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