Summary of Annual Report – 2025 Basic Income Ireland continued its work in 2025, held several events and made a number of useful interventions in public discussions. Here are some of the highlights of the year. Steering Group (SG) The SG in 2025 comprised Alan McCarthy, Bobby Lambert, Colette Finn, Read more
Brigid Reynolds, who died on 2 January 2026, was one of the longest-standing and most prominent advocates of basic income in Ireland. She worked closely with Seán Healy, her life-long friend and ally, for over forty years, first as the founders and directors of the Justice Commission of the Conference Read more
11 November 2025 Dear Minister O’Donovan, We are pleased that you and the Department have decided to make the Basic Income for the Arts scheme permanent. We understand that it will take some time to develop and share the details for the new scheme. We wish to make a contribution Read more
Press Release 9 November 2025 The collapse of Fastway and its entry into receivership once again points out the shortcomings of our welfare payments system. The insolvency process requires that there be a 30 day statutory consultation period. This renders people as technically employed but not in receipt of their Read more
Basic Income Ireland has submitted its views on the Public Consultation on the successor to the “Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025”. In our submission, Basic Income Ireland calls for the immediate implementation of an Unconditional and Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a key step on the Roadmap for Social Inclusion Read more
BII welcomes the Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme Basic Income Ireland (BII), the national body for the promotion of a Basic Income in Ireland, has welcomed the Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme, announced on Tuesday 5 April 2022. Basic Income is a regular payment to every Read more
Basic Income Ireland, a national body for the promotion of a Universal and Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) in Ireland, issues the following comment on the proposal for a Basic Income Guarantee contained in the recent Pathways to Work 2021-2025 document released by Government. The proposal in the Pathways to Work Read more
On 25 September 2020, a coalition of Universal Basic Income activist groups across Europe launched a petition to the Europe Commission, calling for the introduction of UBI schemes throughout the European Union. This petition kicks off a formal mechanism called a European Citizens’ Initiative, which (if successful) calls on the Read more
Covid-19 has caused a worldwide crisis in public health, economy and society, as well as for individuals and households. It requires new, imaginative government measures along with citizen action and participation. We need to find new ways of thinking about work and contribution, while protecting the most vulnerable in communities Read more
We invite voters in the upcoming 2020 Irish Elections to contact your local candidates who support basic income. The following is a summary of pro-basic income parties and candidates as well as links to their manifestos, policy proposals and contact details. Let them know by email or through social media Read more