Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 January 2015
110. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department carries out any ongoing evaluation of the per cent for art scheme; if his Department gathers statistics in relation to the number of State aided capital projects to which the scheme applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2964/15]
View answerMy Department is responsible for setting the overall allocations (both capital and current) across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. Within the overall allocations set by my Department, individual Ministers and their Departments allocate funds across various projects and programmes and monitor performance in line with their Department's priorities.
My Department does not carry out any ongoing evaluation of the Per Cent for Art Scheme nor does it gather statistics in relation to the number of state-aided capital projects to which the scheme applies. The promotion of the scheme is the responsibility of the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, of whom a similar question has been asked.
