Training Grant

About this scheme

The Training Grant, part of Údarás na Gaeltachta's Employment & Training Supports, helps businesses that are developing, diversifying or expanding meet the resulting requirement for new skills and expertise, by funding training or retraining programmes for employees. Training can be delivered either in-house by a suitably qualified staff member or by an external trainer. Eligible costs cover trainers' personnel time, trainers' and trainees' project-related operating costs (travel, materials, tool/equipment depreciation), advisory services linked to the project, and trainees' personnel and indirect costs (administration, rent, overheads); trainee accommodation is generally excluded, aside from minimum necessary costs for trainees with disabilities. The base aid intensity is 50% of eligible costs, rising in combination for training targeted at disabled/disadvantaged workers or smaller enterprises, up to an overall maximum of 70%. No fixed maximum grant euro amount is stated on the page. As with other schemes, payment is made on receipt of a valid claim supported by documentation confirming that all grant conditions were met and approved expenditure was paid.

Who can apply

• Business enterprises engaged in manufacturing or in eligible internationally traded services
• Training may be delivered in-house by a suitably qualified staff member, or by an external trainer
• Eligible costs: (a) trainers' personnel costs for hours spent training; (b) trainers' and trainees' operating costs directly related to the training project (travel expenses, materials/supplies, depreciation of tools/equipment used exclusively for the project); (c) costs of advisory services linked to the training project; (d) trainees' personnel costs and general indirect costs (administrative costs, rent, overheads) for hours spent training; trainee accommodation costs are excluded, except minimum necessary accommodation costs for trainees with disabilities
• Base aid intensity is a maximum of 50% of eligible costs, which can be increased: by 10% if the training is given to workers with disabilities or disadvantaged workers; by a further 10% if the aid is granted to medium-sized enterprises; or by a further 20% if the aid is granted to small enterprises (up to an overall maximum of 70%)

How to apply

1. 1Contact the relevant Údarás na Gaeltachta regional office (Donegal, Mayo, Galway, Kerry, Cork, Waterford or Meath) for advice and support.
2. 2Complete a grant application form, available at www.udaras.ie or from any regional office.
3. 3Submit the completed application form to the appropriate regional office.
4. 4If approved, financial support applies from the date of issue of the Letter of Acknowledgement of receipt of application; grant aid cannot be approved retrospectively for expenditure incurred before this date.
5. 5As a condition of funding, implement a language plan to promote the use of Irish in the business.
6. 6Claim the grant by submitting a valid claim with supporting documentation confirming that all grant conditions were met and that all approved expenditure has been paid.