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The National Skills Bulletin 2020 is the sixteenth in an annual series of reports produced by the Skills and Labour Market Research Unit (SLMRU) in SOLAS and the fourth to be produced on behalf of the National Skills Council (NSC). It presents an overview of the Irish labour market at occupational level. The Bulletin aims to assist policy formulation in the areas of employment, education/training, and immigration (particularly the sourcing of skills which are in short supply in the Irish and [European Union] EU labour market from the [European Economic Area] EEA); it also aims to inform career guidance advisors, students and other individuals making career and educational choices. For the most part, this Bulletin refers primarily to the situation in the Irish labour market prior to 2020, as its main purpose is to gather relevant data sources to report on activity in the labour market in the previous year. However, where appropriate, and allowing for available data, the analysis is provided in the context of the changing situation that was brought about as a result of [Coronavirus Disease 2019] COVID-19. As official data on the labour market, which reflects the impact COVID-19 restrictions have had at occupational level, is limited, an identification of potential shortages at occupational level was not possible for this edition of the Bulletin. However, employment outlooks by occupation, presented in Section 9, are framed within the labour market in Ireland as it stands in the second half of 2020.

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