Public Art & Health

Ireland’s Per Cent for Art Scheme

Research record PAH-070 · Finding, limitations, sources and publication relationships.

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· 1997 · Ireland

Findings, methods and sources

Policy & contextPolicy / contextContext / synthesis

Finding. Allows up to 1% of the cost of publicly funded capital projects, subject to limits, to be allocated to commissioning art. Available across all government departments since 1997, with national guidelines from 2004 and higher limits from 2020.

Limitation. A funding mechanism, not evidence of effect. Its uptake in the health sector is not quantified in the sources reviewed.

Government of Ireland. Per Cent for Art. Department of Culture, Communications and Sport.

Methods and verification

Verification level: Abstract or primary source checked

Design
Government policy
Sample / scope
Not applicable
Setting
Publicly funded capital projects, including hospitals
Art form
Several or unspecified

Abstract or primary source checked, 28 September 2026 · Verification source

Editorial review: 2026-09-28 · Verification policy

Publications and overlap

No confirmed shared-publication match is recorded for this entry in Edition 4.11. Source-by-source and participant-level reconciliation is incomplete; this does not establish an independent study.

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Public Art & Health. Ireland’s Per Cent for Art Scheme. Research record PAH-070. Edition 4.11, 29 September 2026. https://www.publicart.health/research/pah-070

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