There’s been a number of developments, positive and negative, regarding the issue of Universal Basic Income in Ireland:
- October 2019: Green Party Universal Basic Income Policy
- June 2020: Programme for Government – Our Shared Future
- July 2021: “A New Model of Basic Income for Ireland” by John Baker and Dave Quinn at BIEN 2021
- May 2022: Introduction of BIA: Basic Income for the Arts: 2022-2025
- July 2022: Low Pay Commission: Report on Piloting a Universal Basic Income
- Sept 2022: Commission on Taxation and Welfare Report
- Dec 2022: ESRI’s “A Universal Basic Income for Ireland: Lessons from International Literature”.
Programme for Government June 2020
June 20, 2020
Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, Greens: June 2020 See page 74-82 of the full document here. In the chapter entitled “Mission:
UBI Green Party Policy in Oct 2019
October 31, 2019
See full document here. Various political parties have considered and discussed UBI. Individual politicians have expressed support in one form