Arts Organizations Launch Petition to Extend Basic Income Scheme in Ireland

Arts Organizations Launch Petition to Extend Basic Income Scheme in Ireland

Pilot scheme due to end in 2025; extension of the scheme raised in the Seanad.

July 19, 2024

Arts Organizations Launch Petition to Extend Basic Income Scheme in Ireland By The Journal of MusicSee original post here. A number of arts organisations including First Music Contact, Performing Arts Forum and Poetry Ireland have launched a petition seeking to ‘retain, extend and expand’ the Basic Income for the Arts (BIA) scheme.The BIA pilot scheme was launched by Minister for Arts Catherine Martin in September 2022 and provides 2,000 artists and arts workers with a weekly payment of €325 for […]

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