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 17 June we hosted a webinar with Guy Standing, co-founder of BIEN (Basic Income Earth Network) and formerly with ILO (International Labour Organisation); Tom McDonnell, Economist with NERI (The Nevin Economic Research Institute); and Michael Taft, Researcher for SIPTU (Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union, Ireland’s largest trade union). 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…
Basic Income Ireland has responded to question 24 of the Irish Government’s public consultation, which asks: “What are the most important issues for the Government to consider in developing a long term strategy to 2050 in order to ensure a just transition?” We make the case that a universal, unconditional Read more…