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Per Cent for Art
From Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
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From Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
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The Per Cent for Art scheme is a government initiative, first introduced in 1978, whereby 1% of the cost of any publicly funded capital, infrastructural and building development can be allocated to the commissioning of a work of art. Since 1997 this scheme has been made available to all capital projects across all government departments.
Capital programmes where the Per Cent for Art scheme applies include:
In July 2019, the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht announced new bands and maximum limits.
Effective from 1 January 2020, the new investment bands and limits are:
A National Per Cent for Art Committee was established in 2022 in relation to developing the Scheme, to include a new all of Government policy and updating the national guidelines. The committee is made up of government departments and public agencies charged with managing public capital programmes. The Group is chaired independently by Dr Ciarán Benson. The Arts Council provides the expert guidance and secretariat function to the committee, who are expected to complete their work by early 2024
*Note these guidelines refer cite the previous parameters, which are now outdated.