Seán Canney
Question:466. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the difficulties faced by disabled artists trying to access social protection payments and the basic income for artists; if her attention has been drawn to the implications that this payment will have on social protection payments already received by disabled artists, in particular on the fact that while the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media will not means test the basic income for the arts payment, the Department of Social Protection will take the basic income for the arts payment into account for means tested disability payments and as the proposed basic income for the arts payment is €325 per week, this will exceed the income threshold for primary supports and therefore disabled artist will lose their primary supports if they avail of the basic income for the arts scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6541/22]
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