Government and Policy

The combat waged by UNESCO is first and foremost that of education for all. Education is a fragile thing and one that is still too unequally distributed. Literacy training is the gateway to it. To be useful and functional, such training must directly address improving the status of those it targets. “Only by enlisting the international community as a whole can we meet the challenge”.

The Health Service Executive (HSE) is responsible for providing Health and Personal Social Services for everyone living in the Republic of Ireland.

NQAI are responsible for the development of a national framework of qualifications as part of a society of lifelong learning. The establishment of a national framework of qualifications offers an opportunity to address many of the issues in responding to a rapidly changing world. It also enables the NQAI to promote the diversity required for a learning society.

This Irish Government Department is the main source of funds for the National Adult Literacy Agency’s (NALA) work in plain English.

Skills for Work is a national programme under the One Step Up initiative, aimed at providing training opportunities to help employees deal with the basic skills demands of the workplace. The initiative is funded through a Workplace Basic Education Fund set up by the Irish Government under the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

FÁS provide a range of training and employment programmes, aimed at employers, employees and unemployed people. On this website, you can get details of their main programmes and services. FÁS administer the workplace basic education fund (Skills for Work) set up under the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.