Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 September 2022
253. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of the 2,000 artists selected for the basic income project that have been accepted; and if there is a standby list for consideration to replace any who may not have been accepted. [45912/22]
View answerOf the 2,000 places offered just over 1900 people have accepted their offer to take part in the pilot scheme to date.
Over the coming weeks the process of accepting places offered will be finalised, and if any applicants who were selected decide not to participate in the scheme, those places will be reallocated using a random selection process. If that situation does arise, all eligible applicants who have not already been selected (including those in the control group) will be included in another selection process to fill places prior to first payment.
