Results 261-280 of 435 for "cycle to work"

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (22 Sep 2015)

Michael Noonan: The Cycle to Work scheme is essentially an environmental measure. It was introduced on that basis to help lower carbon emissions, reduce traffic congestion, encourage more employees to cycle to work and also to help improve health and fitness levels. However, as children tend to receive bicycles from their parents there is a concern that such an extension to the scheme would become a subsidy...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme Administration (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Griffin: 316. To ask the Minister for Finance if the cycle to work scheme will be expanded to allow self-employed persons to participate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30970/15]

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Ann Phelan: ...and by walking and cycling. There have been significant advances in this area in recent decades, with the development of the DART line, Luas, bus lanes, cycle lanes and the introduction of the cycle to work and Dublin bike schemes. These have facilitated significant gains in public transport use and in the numbers of people cycling and walking, in line with what one would expect of a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Provision (17 Jun 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: ...of cycling infrastructure, including the route mentioned by the Deputy. However, large employers are encouraged to develop Work Place Travel Plans which would involve incentivising staff to cycle to and from work through engagement in the Cycle to Work Scheme and provision of on site bike parking and shower facilities. All current funding available to my Department for the delivery...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...- she may think I am becoming boring - I must inform her that one of the most amusing things I ever witnessed occurred when the Green Party was, to some extent, in power. Its Ministers used to cycle to work in the Dáil and they would be followed by their ministerial cars, which had their briefcases and their papers in the boot. They thought they were great because they had their...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme Administration (25 Feb 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the bike to work scheme in order that if a bike is stolen, a person has an opportunity to re-apply again once within the four year period, as long as a Garda statement has been provided. [8335/15]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Feb 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: ..., but we need to increase such incentives to make it much more attractive for people to use them, especially in urban areas. We need to change the way we think in that respect. We should walk or cycle to work if we can, as well as using public transport. We need to change the way we live in many respects. I do not agree with previous speakers who said that Ireland is doing nothing and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme Data (16 Dec 2014)

John Deasy: 215. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown by county of the number of applications received and approved under the cycle to work scheme each year since its introduction. [47968/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme Administration (9 Dec 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 184. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on proposals to extend the cycle to work scheme to the children of participants of the scheme in order to increase child cycling levels and increase the modal share of cycling nationally in the long term. [47301/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme Data (4 Dec 2014)

Michael McGrath: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has conducted any further analysis on the costs and benefits of the cycle to work tax incentive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46723/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Transport Authority: Chairman Designate (25 Nov 2014) See 1 other result from this debate

Mr. John Fitzgerald: In terms of the tax efficiency of the cycle to work scheme?

Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (24 Sep 2014)

Arthur Spring: ...of it. It is about promoting a better lifestyle. We have had a good summer this year and one could see many people enjoying being on a health buzz. That is clear, too, from the massive take-up of the cycle to work scheme. I urge the Minister of State and his colleagues to ensure that scheme, which is one of the best legacies of the Green Party's time in government, is retained....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Programmes (17 Jul 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Michael McGrath: 139. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on allowing persons who purchased a bicycle under the cycle to work scheme but whose bicycle was subsequently stolen to purchase another bicycle under the scheme prior to the end of the five-year period that normally applies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32490/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Reviews (25 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: ...models work in many other countries and I believe with the right supports it will work in Ireland. My officials are in dialogue through the National Working Group. We want the new Junior Cycle to work so that a quality education experience is the reality for all our students.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme Retention (5 Mar 2014)

Charles Flanagan: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the cycle to work scheme; and if he will consider allowing original recipients of the scheme to reapply. [11066/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme Administration (27 Feb 2014)

Michael McGrath: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the terms of the cycle to work scheme to allow persons who availed of tax relief under the scheme to purchase a second bike within the permitted five year period if the original bike they purchased was stolen and they can verify this fact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10234/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (11 Feb 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Eoghan Murphy: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered extending the principles of the cycle to work scheme to other activity areas, for example, gym membership, to promote healthier lifestyles among the general population. [6547/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

...momentum continues, there should be further falls in the savings rate that will boost consumption as well as further boosting the economy, disposable incomes and employment. It will get a virtuous cycle to work, but I do not anticipate that the savings rate will go down to the lower levels, as was the case pre-crisis.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme Numbers (5 Dec 2013)

Michael McGrath: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the number of participants who received tax relief and the annual cost under the cycle to work scheme in each year from 2007 to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52422/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme Numbers (5 Nov 2013)

Tom Fleming: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of bicycles grant aided in each county in the cycle to work scheme since the introduction of the scheme in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47057/13]