Il reddito di base irlandese per gli artisti mi ha cambiato la vita. Altre persone meritano la stessa fortuna | Caelainn Hogan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/13/ireland-basic-income-artist-scheme-pilot?CMP%3DShare_iOSApp_Other
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Does the tax payer own a percentage of any of the works they create?
Other people, like those of us on disability/invalidity/blind pension who have to deal with €254 a week, with many many strings attached?
My daughter has special needs and gets 254 a week.
Why is an artist worth more to our society than she is?
I have no problem with our artists being looked after, Ireland is renowned for our art literature music etc, but not when our most vulnerable are not being looked after.
A society can be judged on how they treat their most vulnerable, and we are doing dismally in Ireland.
It’s worth noting that the scheme does not in reality have any economic benefits. They tried to claim it does, but attributed it to a nebulous wellbeing gain.
I’m broadly in favour of the scheme, certainly as an experiment, but there’s not a sufficient evidence of actual art yet. I’m not sure, for example, how this woman counts as an artist. She wrote a book about the Mother and Baby Homes several years ago, she seems to be a journalist rather than an artist.
The article is extremely vague when it comes to what was actually done.
>Only months into the scheme, I found out I was pregnant. The basic income helped me decide to have my baby, knowing I could continue creative work and keep my small studio space in a light-filled warehouse in the heart of Dublin. The Back Loft, one of the few affordable spaces left for artists, is a strong community of visual artists, musicians, writers, tattooists and knitters.
>The basic income gave me more freedom to experiment in my work, to write for independent publications and engage with community initiatives. I helped to create events that brought together artists across forms and raised money for a local rape crisis centre.
There’s not much in there that suggests any large output of artistic works.
How much of it went towards music?
And where do we see all this art? Why don’t they stop closing art spaces and show off all this art
It should be UBI
Did she produce any other art than one book in the time? Its a great idea though. And UBI is a utopian thought. But this scheme should means tested (she says they outright own their own home so mortgage free) and you should have to submit annual report.