Oireachtas Committee Asks Government to Prioritise Universal Basic Income for Artists

Oireachtas Committee Asks Government to Prioritise Universal Basic Income for Artists

The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht Chair of Committee on the Arts has written to government today saying UBI ‘should be expedited’ due to impact of pandemic on arts and entertainment sector.

The 14-member Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht, which shadows the work of the government department of the same name, has today written to the Taoiseach asking that the government prioritise proposals for a ‘universal basic income or living wage for the arts and entertainment industry’.

A Universal Basic Income (UBI) pilot scheme was part of the […]

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