Ireland will make its pilot basic income for artists and creative workers a permanent program and add 2,000 new slots. Payments are unconditional, not means‑tested, and set at about $379.50 per week, with an evaluation reporting increased creative time and lower financial stress.
— This creates a real‑world template for profession‑targeted basic income, potentially shifting arts funding models and informing broader UBI policy debates.
Alex Tabarrok
2025.12.02
45% relevant
Both items describe large, targeted transfers funded outside traditional government budgets: the Dells’ $6.25B seed acts like a targeted, philanthropic child‑account program analogous to the permanent artist basic‑income program—private money substituting for or augmenting public social policy.
msmash
2025.10.07
100% relevant
Minister for Culture Patrick O'Donovan secured cross‑department agreement to continue and expand the 2022 pilot, with Budget 2026 adding 2,000 places at ~$379.50/week.
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