{"id":402934,"date":"2026-04-17T06:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/402934\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T06:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:07:08","slug":"what-next-for-irelands-basic-income-for-the-arts-scheme-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/402934\/","title":{"rendered":"What next for Ireland\u2019s Basic Income for the Arts scheme? \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">When a pilot scheme was announced in 2022 to provide artists with a guaranteed weekly income of \u20ac325 a week for three years, there were more than 8,000 applications for the 2,000 places. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/basic-income-for-the-arts\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/basic-income-for-the-arts\/\">Basic Income for the Arts<\/a> pilot programme ended in February and a review of it was conducted by the Department of Culture before the decision was taken to create a new, permanent scheme. It is now open for applications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">It will once again be open to 2,000 artists, chosen by lottery with no qualitative assessment. The weekly payment remains the same. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">There are some key changes; notably in oversight. Recipients will be audited regularly to ensure they are producing art. Also, their names will be publicly available. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">While the scheme, thought to be a world first, is widely seen as a positive, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/art\/2026\/04\/15\/fairness-of-basic-income-for-arts-scheme-under-scrutiny-as-new-funding-round-opens\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/art\/2026\/04\/15\/fairness-of-basic-income-for-arts-scheme-under-scrutiny-as-new-funding-round-opens\/\">a freedom-of-information request<\/a> by Irish Times journalist \u00d3rla Ryan reveals that not everyone is happy. She explains why the pilot scheme was so popular and explores the changes as it transitions from pilot to permanent. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by John Casey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When a pilot scheme was announced in 2022 to provide artists with a guaranteed weekly income of \u20ac325&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[89080,147595,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-402934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-basic-income-for-the-arts","tag-department-of-culture-communications-and-sport","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}