Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 785: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress on the per cent for arts scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38263/09]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The Per Cent for Art scheme, when launched, was accompanied by a set of guidelines to assist with its implementation. The Guidelines included a commitment to review the scheme and this process is currently underway.

The review of the working and implementation of the Per Cent for Art Guidelines has been undertaken through an Inter-Departmental Group, chaired by the Department. This Group, which is representative of a wide range of Government Departments, Agencies, the Arts Council and Local Authority Arts Officer Association, has been working to revise and achieve an agreed and constructive set of guidelines and significant progress has been made.

The Public Art Advisory Panel, convened by the Arts Council, is currently liaising with the Interdepartmental Group so that the revised guidelines can be agreed, finalised and published.

The group also examined ways in which information on public art could be made more easily accessible to the public. A working version of the public art website called publicart.ie, was launched in early summer. When complete, the website will be an important resource for all those interested and working in the area of public art.