Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Dail Éireann — 2020-11-19
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Richard Boyd Barrett (PBP), Dún Laoghaire

At one level the task force report on recovery in arts and culture is welcome. I refer to the proposals for a basic income pilot scheme for those working in the arts, local authority funding to be continued, a support for well-being programmes, upskilling and training, loans for small and medium-sized businesses in the events sector and other proposals such as, importantly, payment for online content. The issue is whether it will be merely an oversight committee discussing this. Will we actually see any of these measures implemented?

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Sitting date: 2020-11-19