Does your company/organisation qualify for Skillnets funding?
The following organisation’s are eligible for Skillnets funding, and therefore IRDG Innovation Skillnet membership:
Private sector companies (i.e. not government funded). This covers all sizes of companies, including sole traders, consultants etc.
Commercial public sector organisation’s – you must provide your Companies Registration Office (CRO) number and written confirmation that the training is not being paid for from any public funds. This information must be sent by e-mail to josh.blake@irdg.ie either before or immediately after you have completed your booking. Details of the course you have booked and the name(s) of the person/people you have booked on it should be included in this e-mail. If this information is not provided, your organisation will be invoiced at the full, unsubsidised amount.
Commercial not-for-profit organisation’s – you must provide your Companies Registration Office (CRO) number and written confirmation that the training is not being paid for from any public funds. This information must be sent by e-mail to josh.blake@irdg.ie after you have completed your booking. Details of the course you have booked and the name(s) of the person/people you have booked on it should be included in this e-mail. If this information is not provided, your organisation will be invoiced at the full, unsubsidised amount.
Note: The payment must made by the company, not the individual attending the course.
The following organisation’s are not eligible for Skillnets funding or IRDG Innovation Skillnet membership. However, you may still be added to our main IRDG mailing list and book our courses, but the full non-subsidised rate will be charged for any training booked.
Non-Commercial public sector organisation’s (i.e. government funded)
Non-Commercial not-for-profit organisation’s.
Private individuals – If you have organised funding for your course through SOLAS or another government agency, please let us know. An invoice for the non-member rate will be issued to that agency by the IRDG
Charites
About Skillnet Ireland
Skillnet Ireland is a business support agency of the Government of Ireland, with a mandate to advance the competitiveness, productivity, and innovation of businesses operating in Ireland through enterprise-led workforce development.
Skillnet Ireland works on a system of joint investment: businesses access training by combining a Government grant with their own contribution – greatly reducing costs and other barriers.
All private sector businesses of any size, including sole traders, that are based in the Republic of Ireland are eligible to undertake part-funded upskilling with Skillnet Ireland.
See Grant Aided Courses for IRDG Innovation Skillnet Member Organisations
IRDG Innovation Skillnet Company Membership Application
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“The IRDG network provides a single funnel of indigenous and international companies, connected together with the various policy and funding agencies. For us, collaboration is a strategic building block, rather than just being a source of funds. The cross-fertilisation of expertise and research we undertake feeds into the curriculum of the HEIs and in turn develops the overall capability for future skills and jobs. Together with the contribution to business in terms of technologies and discoveries, collaboration is instrumental to our future-proofing the business.”