Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 October 2009
771 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the total amount expended in the per cent for art scheme in each year since 2000; the amount of funding from the scheme that went towards the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism and not into public art; if the figures supplied are the total final costs and not the initial estimate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33003/09]
View answerThe per cent for art scheme does not operate on the basis of a fund from which monies are drawn to undertake works of an artistic nature. Such works are instead factored into, and funded from, the budgets of the capital project in question by the relevant organisation undertaking the project and each department and agency may retain details of such expenditure. No funding is received by Department of Arts Sport and Tourism from the Per Cent for Arts Scheme.
In respect of my own Department, a total of €64,000 was spent on the scheme in 2008. All of this amount was expended on the commissioning of art in relation to the Department's new headquarters in Killarney. There was no expenditure by the Department under the scheme in the other years.
