Written answers
Thursday, 11 December 2014
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Road Projects
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the requirement to spend a percentage of the funding for new roads on commissioning art works and if this requirement is flexible in so far as the location of where the works are located; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47553/14]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The commissioning of artistic features on road projects under the 'Per Cent for Art' scheme is a matter for the local authority concerned in conjunction with the National Roads Authority.
The overall responsibility for the Per Cent for Art scheme rests with the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
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