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It is understood that the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport Patrick O’Donovan is pushing to retain the basic income scheme for artists which is due to expire early next year.
The scheme has run for an initial three years and was due to expire in August but it has been extended to February 2026.
Two thousand artists, selected by lottery, receive a basic income of €325 per week.
Officials from the Department of Culture have been negotiating with their counterparts in the Department of Public Expenditure on a successor to the scheme.
Any further scheme would have to be agreed as part of the Budget negotiations.
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