Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I got no answer there to my question. I hope the Minister of State will be able to come back to it, because he appeared to be getting to the nub of it. It is welcome that 2,000 artists will avail of the new scheme. It will be interesting. Those in the control group will receive €650 for being in the group over a full year, which is also welcome. However, that leaves many thousands more artists who will continue to struggle after the pandemic, as they had prior to it. What are the plans to support their recovery, additional to the basic income? Will the Minister of State outline how he will address the poverty and the failure of incomes for artists throughout the country into the future?

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