Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 (No. 142) - Ireland (Ratification: 1979)

The Committee notes the Government’s report received in December 2012. The Government refers to the creation of SOLAS, a new authority in charge of analysing labour market data at the national and regional level in order to ensure that training and education programmes meet the needs of workers and the labour market. The Government lists a series of programmes aimed at providing industry-specific skills, preparatory training and providing companies the opportunity to shape training and development programmes. Specifically, the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs, under the National Skills Strategy of 2007, has the responsibility to ensure that the labour market needs for skilled workers are anticipated and met. The Government also lists education programmes designed to meet the educational needs of workers and unemployed persons through providing places in higher education for unemployed people and the creation of the Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority to review the quality assurance procedures of universities. The Committee invites the Government to continue to provide information in its next report on the measures taken to coordinate education, training and employment policies, as well as to provide information on the results of the measures adopted to promote the link between education, training and employment. It also invites the Government to provide information on the manner in which the representatives of employers’ and workers’ organizations are consulted in the formulation of such measures.