Results 301-320 of 435 for "cycle to work"

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

Pat Rabbitte: ...of conveyance. Only essential travel is undertaken and public transport is regularly used by staff when travelling. A number of staff in my Department also avail of the Travel Pass Scheme and the Cycle to Work Scheme, which provide a financial incentive to staff to use either public transport or to cycle to work.

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

Simon Coveney: ...on the use of public transport by staff travelling to and from work. Nevertheless, my Department will continue to facilitate the uptake of wider initiatives, such as the travel pass scheme or the cycle to work scheme, to encourage staff, where this is possible, not to use private transport to travel to and from their place of work. With regard to the Deputy's query on using public...

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

Frances Fitzgerald: ...Travel Pass Scheme (through which staff purchase annual public transport tickets, paid for by salary deductions) which is available to all staff who wish to avail of it. We also encourage staff to cycle to work by facilitating the purchase of suitable bicycles under the 'Cycle to Work' Scheme.

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

James Reilly: ...Travel Pass Scheme (through which staff purchase annual public transport tickets, paid for by salary deductions) which is available to all staff who wish to avail of it. We also encourage staff to cycle to work by facilitating the purchase of suitable bicycles under the 'Cycle to Work' Scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme (8 Jun 2011)

Frank Feighan: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance if the bicycle scheme is still available; and if any more funding is being provided for same. [14594/11]

Written Answers — Tax Reliefs: Tax Reliefs (21 Apr 2011) See 1 other result from this answer

Frank Feighan: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will continue the cycle to work scheme; and the proposals in place regarding claiming a refund for persons in the scheme. [8965/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (5 Apr 2011) See 1 other result from this answer

Pat Breen: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans regarding the cycle to work scheme; if he will renew this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6868/11]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme (6 Oct 2010)

Paul Gogarty: Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have availed of the cycle to work scheme to date in 2010; if there are any future plans for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35177/10]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Upton: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the cycle to work scheme does not allow for participants to purchase a child helmet or child seat and that this severely restricts the ability of parents to transport their child to school or child-care on their way to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34819/10]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Science: Cycle to Work Scheme (29 Sep 2010)

John O'Mahony: Question 325: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the changes she has made to the administration of the cycle to work scheme; the reasons for making the changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33648/10]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme (29 Sep 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 487: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the cycle to work tax incentive scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some persons who are paying income tax on a company car as a benefit in kind have also claimed tax relief on the basis that they are cycling to work; if he has carried out an analysis of retail prices for bicycles since the tax scheme...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: My Department operates payrolls for the payment of approximately 85,000 serving and retired teaching and non teaching staff on a fortnightly basis. A total of 913 applications for the cycle to work scheme for 2010 were received by the closing date and have been processed for the serving teaching and non teaching staff paid on these payrolls. The applications for the scheme were processed...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (6 Jul 2010)

Mary Coughlan: My Department operates payrolls for the payment of approximately 85,000 serving and retired teaching and non teaching staff on a fortnightly basis. A total of 913 applications for the cycle to work scheme for 2010 have been processed for the serving teaching and non teaching staff paid on these payrolls. The applications for the scheme were processed with existing staffing resources. As...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (1 Jun 2010) See 1 other result from this answer

Tommy Broughan: Question 287: To ask the Minister for Transport if all State and semi-State agencies and companies have been mandated to facilitate the cycle-to-work scheme, including all vocational education committees; the State and semi-State agencies and companies that do not facilitate the cycle-to-work scheme; the reasons for same; the number of persons who have so far availed of the cycle-to-work...

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...

Seanad: Smarter Travel Initiative: Motion (28 Apr 2010)

Brendan Ryan: ...doubt. Astonishingly, there was little if any references throughout the document as to how the new policy will be funded. Last year 11 Departments confirmed they have so far failed to rollout the cycle to work scheme. Under the 2009 budget the new cycle to work scheme was introduced to encourage more commuters to cycle to work by allowing employees a tax exemption for the purchase of a...

Written Answers — Cycle Facilities: Cycle Facilities (20 Apr 2010) See 1 other result from this answer

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 466: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of civil servants who have signed up to the cycle to work scheme in his Department. [15774/10]

Written Answers — Civil Service Staff: Civil Service Staff (20 Apr 2010)

Ciarán Cuffe: ...transport service timetables; information on walking distances to the Department's offices from suburban areas; and promotion of monthly public transport tickets, the annual travel pass and the cycle to work tax saver scheme. Cycling facilities in some of my Department's offices have been improved. At this stage, some 79% of my Department's staff travel to work either on foot, by bicycle...