Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 624: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform 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. [5971/08]

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 625: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of capital projects funded by his Department in each year since 2002 to date in 2008; the number of cases in which the Percent for Art grant was drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5986/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 624 and 625 together.

I can inform the Deputy that, in the main, such capital building projects which are carried in respect of my Department, and most of the agencies under its aegis, are carried out by the Office of Public Works, who would oversee in that context any associated expenditure on artworks. Insofar as the Irish Prison Service and the Courts Service is concerned, the information requested is not readily available and the bodies in question will respond directly to the Deputy in due course.