Transforming Business Through Talent

Skillnet Ireland is a business support agency of the Government of Ireland, responsible for advancing the competitiveness, productivity and innovation of Irish businesses through enterprise-led workforce development.

We believe that maintaining a highly skilled workforce is essential to our national competitiveness. Skillnet Ireland currently supports over 22,500 companies nationwide and provides a wide range of valuable learning experiences to over 86,570 trainees.

Our business is to ensure that your business has the skills it needs to thrive.

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About Skillnet Ireland

Skillnet Ireland actively supports and works with businesses in Ireland to address their current and future skills needs.

Funding

Skillnet Ireland allocates funding to Skillnet Business Networks, which are groups of companies within the same industry sector or region with similar training needs, so they can receive subsidised training

Networks

Skillnet Ireland’s nationwide Skillnet Business Networks assist companies to identify the skills needed to develop their businesses. The design, sourcing delivery of training is coordinated by the Skillnet Networks.

Support for SMEs

Our business is to ensure that your business has the skills it needs to thrive. Skillnet Ireland facilitates participation in SME enterprise training and workforce learning, how can we help you?

Strategy

Skillnet Ireland actively supports and works with businesses to address their current and future skills needs on the basis that training and up-skilling are key elements in keeping Irish companies competitive nationally and globally.

Industry Partners

We encourage enterprise to lead the process for training, this helps ensure that programmes delivered through Skillnet Ireland and our nationwide Skillnet Business Networks are highly relevant to industry needs.

Career Development

Training and upskilling significantly enhances the career mobility of the workforce. Training is open to management and employees of companies who become members of a Skillnet Business Network