Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

As we mark National Bike Week next week, I will be asking Oireachtas Members to get on their bikes and join me outside the front of Leinster House next Tuesday at 1 p.m. with the cycling campaigns to highlight the need to promote cycling and cycling infrastructure. We have seen a recent study by researchers in France showing how much health benefit there is to cycling. For each kilometre travelled by bicycle, the researchers estimate that approximately a euro is saved on social health cost spending. We need to do more to make cycling not only the healthy option, but also the safe option. As we head into bike week, will the Taoiseach commit not just to ensuring new cycleways are introduced, but also to funding safer infrastructure, tackling unsafe driving and tackling road disrepair and poor road infrastructure which puts cyclists at risk?

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