SOLAS is the State agency that oversees the building of a world class Further Education & Training (FET) sector in Ireland, developing skills to fuel Ireland’s future. FET is for everyone, is available in every community and offers a pathway to take you as far as you want to go.

The Skills and Labour Market Research Unit (SLMRU) publishes research and reports that facilitates development and review of policy and practice in the further and higher education sectors as well as other related sectors.

36k

Further Education and
Training (FET) courses were delivered in 2025.

390K

Core FET enrolments (excluding apprenticeship, eCollege and learners who were issued construction skills cards).

Education and
training boards