Arts Minister Seeks Cross-Party Support for Universal Basic Income for Artists

Arts Minister Seeks Cross-Party Support for Universal Basic Income for Artists

Minister for the Arts Catherine Martin speaking in the Seanad yesterday. Proposal is being explored as part of the new national economic plan within the Department of the Taoiseach.

Minister for the Arts Catherine Martin has called for cross-party support for the Universal Basic Income (UBI) pilot scheme for artists. She was responding to a question from Fianna Fáil Senator Malcolm Byrne in the Seanad yesterday.

A Universal Basic Income pilot scheme was included in the Programme for Government last June, and was one of the key recommendations in the report of the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce in November.The Taskforce […]

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