Disability Awareness Training Support Scheme

Name of the instrument - Local language: Disability Awareness Training Support Scheme
Name of the instrument - English translation: Disability Awareness Training Support Scheme
Scheme ID: 114
Country: Ireland
Reporting year: 2015
Type of instrument: Grant for companies
Type of entry: Single instrument

Short description: Employers that provide disability awareness training for their staff can apply for the grant. The public co-funding share is 90% of eligible training costs for the first calendar year and 80% of eligible training costs for subsequent calendar years.
Short description of the related instruments: nap

Level of operation

National

Name of a part of the country

nap

Name of the region (for regional instruments)

nap

Name of the sector (for sectoral instruments)

nap

Relevance

Key scheme

Legal basis

Objective(s) and target(s)

To help raise awareness of disability issues in the workplace; disability awareness also addresses the concerns and misconceptions that employers and employees may have about working with disabled people.

Operation/management

Department of Social Protection. Regional offices of the Department for Social Protection appriase applications for funding and allocate funding accordingly.

Eligible group(s)

Any company that provides disability awareness training for its staff.

Group(s) with preferential treatment

None

Education and training eligible

Training that is focused on promoting disability awareness to members of staff.

Source of financing and collection mechanism

Department of Social Protection (Reasonable Accommodation Fund)

Financing formula and allocation mechanisms

Grant assistance of 90% of the eligible training programme costs (up to a maximum of EUR 20 000 in any one calendar year) is available to an organisation for the first year of training; after the first year, 80% of eligible training programmes is covered (to a maximum of EUR 20 000 in any one calendar year).

Allocation: Grant is payable to individual employers as reimbursement of the costs. Employer claim form must be accompanied by certificates of attendance. Companies that best meet pre-determined criteria (specified through top down procedures) are funded.

Eligible costs