Skillnet Ireland
€204.30
Upskill SME Training Grant. Per employee, per day, towards salary cost during approved live AI training. For SMEs with fewer than 250 staff.
Funding
€150mfor AI skills over three years, set aside in Budget 2027.
Budget 2027 set this money aside from the National Training Fund for AI reskilling and upskilling. The delivery schemes have not been published yet. The supports below exist today. Each one has its own rules, so check the scheme's own page before you rely on a figure.
Skillnet Business Networks
Reduced fees
Network subsidies. Member companies pay subsidised fees on courses run through their sector or regional network.
Local Enterprise Office
Up to €5,000
Grow Digital Voucher. 50% funding for digital and AI tools, software and implementation in small firms.
Enterprise Ireland
Up to 80%
Digital Discovery Grant. Funds up to 80%, capped at €5,000, to bring in an external expert for your first or next step in AI, such as an audit of the business and an AI roadmap. The grant behind our AI consultancy.
Enterprise Ireland
Up to €70,000
Build Capability training grant. For client companies undertaking larger transformations: funding for the training of management and staff, with grants of up to €70,000.
Údarás na Gaeltachta
Gaeltacht firms
Training supports for client companies. Údarás na Gaeltachta supports staff training in its client companies. Training as Gaeilge fits.
Public bodies
Your own route
Training budgets and the Public Service AI guidelines. Most public bodies fund AI literacy from existing training budgets. Our fixed scope proposals fit procurement rules.
Figures from Skillnet Ireland, gov.ie and Enterprise Ireland, checked on 12 October 2026. Each scheme sets its own rules on eligible organisations, approved courses and providers.
Funding pays for the training. Article 4 asks you to show it happened. Every seat comes with certificates and a sponsor report, so one piece of work answers both. About the Article 4 duty
Why Irish employers are acting now
The funding, the duty and the skills gap have arrived together.
68%
of businesses name a lack of skills and training as a key barrier to AI adoption
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