Find support to train your staff with Regional Skills
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Ó: An Roinn Breisoideachais agus Ardoideachais, Taighde, Nuálaíochta agus Eolaíochta
- Foilsithe: 5 Aibreán 2022
- An t-eolas is déanaí: 28 Márta 2025
- What Regional Skills is
- What Regional Skills can do for you
- Contact your local Regional Skills manager
What Regional Skills is
The nine Regional Skills Fora:
- connect people in their regions to meet their skills needs
- make sure employers and enterprise get the education and training responses they need
Each forum has a voluntary chair and a full-time manager, responsible for:
- managing the skills agenda in their region
- identifying and responding to businesses' skills needs
The fora bring together:
- employers
- education and training providers
- enterprise agencies
- local authorities
- government bodies
Regional Skills is a Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science initiative.
Regional Skills Fora 2024 Insights
What Regional Skills can do for you
Regional Skills will work with your business, 1-on-1 and in groups, to:
- provide a single resource for you to get the information you need on skills development for your business
- identify your business’ skills needs and critical vacancies with a skills need assessment
- provide advice on where to go for training and upskilling services and funding
- guide you to access apprenticeship and traineeship programmes, and institutional work placement resources
- introduce you to further and higher education contacts, for your input into course creation and research projects
- co-develop new skills programmes addressing industry skills gaps, with groups of peer companies and regional education and training providers, to make sure the end result is what businesses need to help them to grow
Skills needs audits usually take 30 to 60 minutes maximum and provide a comprehensive road-map of solutions to your needs that are available within your region and online.
Contact your local Regional Skills manager
Dublin
Dublin Regional Skills Forum Manager: Natasha Kinsella
- Ríomhphost:
- Teileafón:
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086 837 7286
- Achoimre:
- The Dublin Regional Skills Forum serves the county and city of Dublin.
Find out more about the Dublin Regional Skills Forum
Mid East
Mid East Regional Skills Forum Manager: Siobhan Keogh
- Ríomhphost:
- Teileafón:
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01 474 7306;
087 231 5713
- Achoimre:
- The Mid East Regional Skills Forum serves the counties of Kildare, Meath and Wicklow.
Find out more about the Mid East Regional Skills Forum
Midlands
Midlands Regional Skills Forum Manager: John Costello
- Ríomhphost:
- Teileafón:
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085 804 8325
- Achoimre:
- The Midlands Regional Skills Forum serves the counties of Laois, Longford, Offaly and Westmeath.
Find out more about the Midlands Regional Skills Forum
Mid West
Mid West Regional Skills Forum Manager: Joe Leddin
- Ríomhphost:
- Teileafón:
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086 816 0569
- Achoimre:
- The Mid West Regional Skills Forum serves the counties of Clare, Limerick and North Tipperary.
Find out more about the Mid West Regional Skills Forum
North East
North East Regional Skills Forum Manager: Ray Murphy
- Ríomhphost:
- Teileafón:
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042 937 0200;
087 673 5718
- Achoimre:
- The North East Regional Skills Forum serves the counties of Cavan, Monaghan and Louth.
Find out more about the North East Regional Skills Forum
North West
North West Regional Skills Forum Manager: Hilary McPartland
- Ríomhphost:
- Teileafón:
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086 847 4623
- Achoimre:
- The North West Regional Skills Forum serves the counties of Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim.
Find out more about the North West Regional Skills Forum
South East
South East Regional Skills Forum Manager: Edmond Connolly
- Ríomhphost:
- Teileafón:
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087 831 4729
- Achoimre:
- The South East Regional Skills Forum serves the counties of Waterford, Wexford, Carlow, Kilkenny and South Tipperary.
Find out more about the South East Regional Skills Forum
South West
South West Regional Skills Forum Manager: Siobhan Bradley
- Ríomhphost:
- Teileafón:
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087 703 3176
- Achoimre:
- The South West Regional Skills Forum serves the counties of Cork and Kerry.
Find out more about the South West Regional Skills Forum
West
West Regional Skills Forum Manager: Denise Rock
- Ríomhphost:
- Teileafón:
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086 780 7983
- Achoimre:
- The West Regional Skills Forum serves the counties of Galway, Mayo and Roscommon.