Arts minister insists basic income plan for artists still on the cards

Concerns had been raised that the basic income plan had been scrapped in favour of a 'working age payment', but Catherine Martin insists that is not the case

Arts minister Catherine Martin. File Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

The arts and culture minister has rejected accusations that her plan for basic income supports for artists has been scrapped.

Catherine Martin has long planned a pilot scheme that would see artists receive a basic income. The commitment was included in the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce report, Life Worth Living, which was published in November last year.