Basic Income for artists Ireland

The Basic Income for Arts Pilot Scheme was launched following cabinet on Tuesday. The artists will be chosen at random and receive the stipend over a three year ...

The scheme would be “non-competitive”, the Department of Arts said in a statement, and once someone satisfies the eligibility criteria, they will be able to enter into the randomised selection process. The Pandemic Unemployment Payment was a “lifeline” to the arts, “but I know that isn’t what you wanted,” Mr Varadkar said, noting artists would prefer to be working and earning rather than relying on the State. “This pilot scheme has the potential to change the landscape of the arts in Ireland and how we fund it,” Mr Martin said.

A new Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme will see 2000 artists and creative arts workers to receive €325 a week.

"People really struggled to make ends need while the industry was shut down and while our theatres were dark. People don't pay for CDs. People aren't coming out to gigs and supporting them they way they did before the pandemic. This is the reality of something that has been critically acclaimed," she said. Please review their details and accept them to load the content. "This has the potential to be a game-changer for artists in Ireland. People don't buy albums the way they used to. The Chair of National Campaign for the Arts said she hopes the eligibility to qualify for the basic income will be broad and that the final selection is randomised, rather than on a competitive basis.

A pilot programme is being introduced after a recommendation from the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce and the 2,000 artists who take part will be paid €325 ...

“The devil will be in the detail. We’re just looking through who qualifies for it. The introduction of a basic income scheme for artists in Ireland is a “game changer” for the industry, Angela Doran, Chair of the National Campaign for the Arts, has told Newstalk.

The government has today (5 April) launched the Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme. The scheme will provide 2,000 artists and arts sector workers with ...

This announcement heralds a new era for the arts in Ireland. As our artists and creative professionals emerge from the devastating impact of the pandemic, the Government is committed to providing an unprecedented level of support as they seek to rebuild their livelihoods. The 2,000 recipients will be randomly selected from the pool of eligible applicants. The scheme will provide 2,000 artists and arts sector workers with €325 per week for three years.

Civil servants will then “go through eligibility to see who qualifies,” said Arts and Culture Minister Catherine Martin. “And then it will be put into a ...

The Tánaiste suggested the pilot scheme would be “noticed overseas,” and was a case of Ireland leading the world, as with the smoking ban in workplaces and the plastic bag levy. The Taoiseach said the nation was entwined with the arts, and the “notion of Irishness inextricable” from it. “That will give us the 2,000 (recipients), but we will have to make sure, for example, that gender, geography, and all forms of society have clear representation,” the Minister added.

The initiative will cost €35 million per year and follows a recommendation from the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce, established in 2020, to examine how the ...

“With so much uncertainty in the world now, including the war in Ukraine, the climate crisis and cost of living increases, we need the arts now more than ever to help inspire us to imagine and create a better future for ourselves,” she said. Calling the scheme a “once-in-a-generation, transformational measure”, she said that the pandemic had reminded people of their reliance on the arts in times of need, adding that “it is the arts that will help us make sense of what happened and help us shape the future.” The scheme’s overarching aim, the government says, is to address the income precarity that can often result from the kind of periodic, project-based work that is common in the arts.

The scheme is to open for applications on April 12th and artists will be selected at random.

Catherine Martin, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, said: “I believe that this scheme is the start of a fundamental change in the way Ireland supports and recognises artists and the arts community. “This was a really cruel virus and is a cruel virus, and one that did so many things but among the things it did was shut down social contact and shut down normal cultural and artistic life. Launching the scheme at the Project Arts Centre in Dublin’s Temple Bar, Mr Varadkar added: “To the artists here, I just want to say I know how hard the last two years must have been for many of you, our artists, our performers and our creators. “Over the course of the pandemic and within the limits of the public health measures put upon all of our lives, they took on a new significance for many who may not have had the chance to appreciate them before. The scheme is to open for applications on April 12th and artists will be selected at random. The Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme was launched by ministers on Tuesday.

Basic Income for Arts pilot scheme will see 2000 people chosen at random for stipend.

The scheme would be “non-competitive”, the Department of Arts said in a statement, and once someone satisfies the eligibility criteria, they will be able to enter into the randomised selection process. The Pandemic Unemployment Payment was a “lifeline” to the arts, “but I know that isn’t what you wanted,” Mr Varadkar said, noting artists would prefer to be working and earning rather than relying on the State. “This pilot scheme has the potential to change the landscape of the arts in Ireland and how we fund it,” Mr Martin said.

Payments of €325 per week will be made to 2,000 eligible artists and creative arts workers who will be selected at random and invited to take part. The scheme ...

Minister Catherine Martin added that the announcement heralded a new era for the arts in Ireland. “As our artists and creative professionals emerge from the devastating impact of the pandemic, the Government is committed to providing an unprecedented level of support as they seek to rebuild their livelihoods. In January 2022, the Department also conducted a public consultation on the issue. “Ireland’s arts and culture in all its distinctiveness and variety is the well-spring of our identity as a people and is internationally recognised.