The Training Support Grant provides access to short term training that can support individual jobseekers to access work opportunities. The grant can be provided when an Employment Personal Adviser or Job Coach has identified an immediate skills gap or related intervention, such as obtaining certification, that is preventing a jobseeker commencing a job offer.
The scheme is not intended to replace training and activation measures that are funded under other programmes and agencies, for example, Education Training Boards.
The Training Support Grant is funded through the National Training Fund which is administered by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
The primary focus of this scheme is on jobseekers and on supporting the activation policy of the department.
The Training Support Grant can be approved where:
Training can be approved up to a maximum amount of €1000 per annum.
Payment can be approved when:
or
The Training Support Grant is paid directly to the training provider after training has been completed.
All applications or referrals for support under the scheme must be made through an Employment Personal Adviser or Job Coach.
An Employment Personal Adviser or Job Coach can approve a grant under this scheme where:
Learn more about the scheme from staff at your local Intreo Centre or Social Welfare Branch Office.