Results 341-360 of 426 for "cycle to work"

Written Answers — Official Travel: Official Travel (15 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: ...available; where public transport is available only at equal or greater expense; and where the use of public transport would result in the loss of official time which it is necessary to avoid. The Cycle to Work Scheme is promoted within my Department. The Travel Pass Scheme also operates within my Department. Staff are urged annually to participate in the Europe-wide car free day campaign.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (10 Jun 2020)

John Lahart: ...why women are reluctant to cycle. There is an opportunity now. During Covid-19 women, children and young families took to bikes in big numbers. We need to look at tax incentives and not just the cycle to work scheme. We need to look at tax incentives for employers to encourage their employees to replace their cars and to come to work on their bikes. The time to move is now. The...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (19 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...and towards zero-emission transport modes such as walking, cycling and e-biking. It is worth noting that in Budget 2021 my colleague, the Minister for Finance, increased the thresholds for the Cycle to Work scheme to enable the purchase of e-bikes, which is an incentive available for many commuters. The Department of Transport will continue to undertake research into other...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (25 May 2017)

Michael Noonan: ...of more sustainable and environmentally friendly transport options the Deputy may wish to note that persons commuting to work can already avail of the TaxSaver scheme in respect of public transport and the cycle to work scheme. Given the information provided by the Deputy, and on the assumption that he is proposing a rebate of income tax paid, it is not possible to provide a cost...

Written Answers — Official Travel: Official Travel (15 Jun 2011)

Phil Hogan: ...from staff car usage in the context of their work; · promoting the use of public transport to cut down on emissions and traffic. To help achieve these aims, my Department has implemented the Cycle-to-Work Scheme and the Travel Pass Scheme whereby staff can obtain a bicycle and/or safety equipment or an annual bus/rail pass, respectively. The Department has also participated in the "In...

Written Answers — Smarter Travel Policy: Smarter Travel Policy (17 Feb 2009)

Martin Cullen: ...or employee by his or her employer, where the bicycle/associated safety equipment is used by the employee or director mainly for qualifying journeys. The Department proposes to implement the Cycle to Work Scheme in 2009 following the receipt of guidelines from the Department of Finance on how to administer the Scheme in Government Departments.

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Oct 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: ...scheme. The removal of heavy goods vehicles, HGVs, from the city has been a great success, resulting in an explosion in the use of bicycles in the city. This is also due to the last Government's cycle to work scheme. These have been positive elements in encouraging more people to use bicycles. Unfortunately, a proportion of cyclists act irresponsibly and they have not been taken to...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2012)

Marie Moloney: ...interest rate by 0.5%. There is still a big gap between it and the other State-owned banks but it is a step in the right direction and I am sure mortgage holders will welcome it. I refer to the cycle to work scheme, which is a very good scheme and is being very much availed of. However, it has come to my attention that many employers are not co-operating with employees and allowing them...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Road Tolls (2 May 2017)

Michael Noonan: ...of more sustainable and environmentally friendly transport options the Deputy may wish to note that persons commuting to work can already avail of the TaxSaver scheme in respect of public transport and the cycle to work scheme. While I appreciate that some people are using cars to travel long distances to their principal place of employment, ultimately it is a matter for...

Statements on Climate Change (3 Jul 2008)

Seán Barrett: ...Kerry should be a basic facility in this day and age. In countries like Copenhagen taxis are fitted with a device on the rear capable of taking two, three or four bicycles. If someone wants to cycle to work in the morning but the weather turns bad, as it is today, and they do not want to cycle home, they simply call a taxi, put their bicycle on the back and away they go. These measures...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (9 Sep 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...the public finances. I have no plans, at present, for a relief along the lines suggested by the Deputy's question. However, in relation to fitness-based measures more generally, I would point to the Cycle To Work scheme, introduced by Finance (No. 2) Act 2008. The scheme specifies that bicycles and associated safety equipment provided by employers to employees will be treated as a tax...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Data (2 Jul 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: ...may require car parking in order for them to carry out their official duties. In relation to my own Department we have active participation of staff both in the TaxSaver Travel Pass and the Cycle to Work schemes as alternatives to car usage as a means of attending their work place.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (9 Nov 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: ...own size, sector, location, number of employees, etc. There are schemes currently in place which support and encourage employees to make healthier choices, such as the Taxsaver Commuter Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and the Smarter Travel Workplaces public awareness programme. In addition, the workplace wellbeing element of the Health and Wellbeing (Calorie posting and workplace...

Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

James Lawless: ...accidentally, of a double benefit. At present, it is possible to travel to Dublin using one's taxsaver rail ticket, disembark at Heuston Station and then use a bicycle purchased through the cycle-to-work scheme at a discount to cycle to the city centre. This would involve rail and cycling as opposed to driving and rail. I do not know, therefore, whether what the Minister suggests in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Transport Authority (10 Mar 2022)

Martin Heydon: ...20% of our total transport budget, approximately €360 million per annum, invested in Ireland's walking and cycling infrastructure to provide a safe and connected network for those who commute, walk or cycle to work or school and those who walk and cycle on our more recreation-focused greenway network. The Minister was recently delighted to recently announce an allocation of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)

...it will not answer all of our carbon emission problems. We will have to keep cars. Perhaps they can be electric but we will have to keep them for certain people. Some people cannot use a bus or cycle to work because it could be so far away. They could be in a rural community that is not connected. There are no trains going to the middle of the countryside unless there is an urban area...

Written Answers — Official Travel: Official Travel (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: My Department and agencies staffed by it, administer a number of schemes which promote the use of sustainable transport to and from the workplace. For example there are currently 286 people participating in the Travel Pass Scheme. This scheme was introduced as part of Government policy to encourage greater use of public transport. Under arrangements agreed with the Revenue Commissioners, it...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Funding (19 Nov 2019)

Shane Ross: ...the totality of taxpayer support for active travel as funding is also made available through other funding programmes such as the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund, the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund and the Cycle to Work Scheme. Expenditure on active travel principally relates to the development of infrastructure under multi-annual budgeted programmes and progress on...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (5 Dec 2018)

Michael Ring: ...spaces, help encourage minimal use of cars by employees. When travelling on Departmental business, staff are directed to use public transport where possible. My Department is also actively involved in promoting the Cycle to Work scheme, a Government initiative offering tax free bikes to staff for cycling to work. As well as this, my Department promotes the Travel Pass scheme, which...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The cycle to work scheme came into operation on 1 January 2009. With a view to keeping the scheme simple and reducing administration on the part of employers, there is no notification procedure for employers involved. Accordingly, the Revenue Commissioners do not have statistics on the uptake of the scheme by employers or employees. The scheme operates on a self-administration basis, and...