SOLAS (Irish: An tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna, lit.

'Further Education and Skills Service') is a state agency in Ireland.

[2] At about the same time FAS, the national training and employment authority established in 1987, was also dissolved.

ETBs grant aided by SOLAS, offer around 270,000 places on 20,000+ further education and training courses in any one year.

[3] SOLAS publishes an annual services plan setting out what further education and training courses will be provided in the sixteen ETBs in any one year and how much these courses will cost.