Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 368: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount drawn down through his Department for the Percent for Art scheme in each year since 2002 to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5966/08]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Per Cent for Art Scheme under which all Government Departments and their Agencies are required to spend up to 1% of their budget for capital projects on art, subject to certain maximum limits, is administered by the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism and the Office of Public Works (OPW).

Construction projects including restoration projects and refurbishment projects undertaken by the Department are normally completed on behalf of the Department by the OPW. The only artwork supplied to my Department by the OPW in recent years under the Per Cent for Art Scheme is a piece of glass work which is located in the reception area of the Department's Kildare Street building. That artwork was supplied by the OPW in 2005 following major refurbishment works carried out by the OPW for the Department. My Department has no information concerning the expenditure incurred by the OPW on that artwork. My Department has not directly drawn down any funding for expenditure on art works under the Per Cent for Art Scheme in the period 2002 to date.