By the Journal of Music
The Arts Council has received an increase of 4.5% in the 2025 Budget, bringing its total funding to €140m.
This is the largest ever funding amount received by the Arts Council, but it is well short of its request of €160m. The National Campaign for the Arts also called for an increase to €160m. The Budget allocation over the past five years can be seen below:
Arts Council funding, 2020–2025
2020: €80m
2021: €130m
2022: €130m
2023: €130m
2024: €134m
2025: €140m
Basic Income
Other announcements in Budget 2025 include funding of €35m for the Basic Income for the Arts pilot, which means the scheme is now funded beyond the end of its three-year pilot next August.
The total 2025 budget for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media will be €1.27bn, an increase of 6% on last year.
Further details on the arts and culture budget will be announced at a press conference by Minister Catherine Martin on Wednesday 2 October at 3pm.
