Results 21-40 of 434 for "cycle to work"

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (27 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...applying for electric bicycles as part of the next scheduled review of motor travel rates. This is due to take place in 2025. As the Deputy may be aware, the Revenue Commissioners administer the Cycle to Work scheme which is available to civil and public servants. This scheme incentivises, by way of tax relief, travel by bicycle, to/from work and for official duties. This scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (25 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...commits to “widening the eligibility of the Bike to Work scheme”. The Deputy will be aware that in Budget 2021, my colleague, the then Minister for Finance, increased the thresholds for the Cycle to Work scheme to enable the purchase of e-bikes and more recently the thresholds were increased again in the most recent Budget to accommodate the purchase of cargo bikes and cargo...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Transport Policy (22 Mar 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Patrick Costello: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications under the cycle-to-work scheme in 2022 and to date in 2023; if he will provide a breakdown between the number of bicycles, pedelecs, e-bikes, and e-cargo bikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14058/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (21 Mar 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...commits to “widening the eligibility of the Bike to Work scheme”. The Deputy will be aware that in Budget 2021, my colleague, the then Minister for Finance, increased the thresholds for the Cycle to Work scheme to enable the purchase of e-bikes and more recently the thresholds were increased again in the most recent Budget to accommodate the purchase of cargo bikes and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (23 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...the Department of Transport, announced the introduction of a three-year pilot initiative to develop a scheme for the provision of high quality up-cycled bicycles and e-bikes as an alternative to the Cycle to Work Scheme model, for those on low incomes and/or those who are most marginalised and disadvantaged. A call for applications was launched in May 2021, with funding of €1...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (31 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...is growing and they serve to encourage an even wider demographic of potential cyclists to choose an active mode of transport over the private car.  I was pleased to see the thresholds for the Cycle to Work scheme increased by the Minister for Finance in Budget 2021 to include e-bikes and, in the most recent Budget, cargo bikes; however it is noted that this scheme is not open...

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...

Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Second Stage (18 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...example, to see Dublin City Council rolling out such an extensive network of cycle lanes across the city. That is welcome and long overdue. We in the Labour Party have long called for the extension of the cycle to work tax scheme to allow parents to purchase bikes for their children. We call it a bike to school scheme. We have costed it at €1.4 million. We believe it would have...

COP27: Statements (29 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: ...correct. That is why we proposed a €9 per month climate ticket for unlimited public transport, modelled on the hugely popular German scheme. We have also called for significant investment in modes of clean and active travel through an expansion of the cycle to work scheme and the further roll-out and expansion of the city bike scheme. These are simple measures that would help us...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Nov 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...change will apply for the 2022 tax year and subsequent years. In addition, I introduced a higher exemption limit where an employer provides a cargo bike and related safety equipment to an employee under the Cycle to Work scheme, with the BIK exemption limit in respect of a cargo bike and safety equipment increased to €3,000 (with a limit of €1,250 and €1,500 for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (23 Nov 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...change will apply for the 2022 tax year and subsequent years. In addition, I introduced a higher exemption limit where an employer provides a cargo bike and related safety equipment to an employee under the Cycle to Work scheme, with the BIK exemption limit in respect of a cargo bike and safety equipment increased to €3,000 (with a limit of €1,250 and €1,500 for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Nov 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...change will apply for the 2022 tax year and subsequent years. In addition, I introduced a higher exemption limit where an employer provides a cargo bike and related safety equipment to an employee under the Cycle to Work scheme, with the BIK exemption limit in respect of a cargo bike and safety equipment increased to €3,000 (with a limit of €1,250 and €1,500 for...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022) See 6 other results from this debate

Pearse Doherty: Will the Minister outline how many people are already availing of the cycle-to-work scheme and what provisions are in place to gather data on it?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (15 Nov 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy’s question relates to the applicability of the ‘Cycle to Work’ scheme to elected representatives at local government level. Cycle to Work Scheme Section 118(5G) of the Taxes Consolidation Act (TCA) 1997 provides for the ‘Cycle to Work’ scheme. This scheme provides an exemption from benefit-in-kind (BIK) where an employer purchases a new bicycle...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (10 Nov 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: Section 118(5G) of the Taxes Consolidation Act (TCA) 1997 provides for the ‘Cycle to Work’ scheme. This scheme provides an exemption from benefit-in-kind where an employer purchases a new bicycle and associated safety equipment for an employee or director up to certain limits, and subject to certain conditions being satisfied. Currently, those limits are €1,250 for a...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Recycling Policy (27 Oct 2022)

Joe O'Brien: ...the Department of Transport, announced the introduction of a three-year pilot initiative to develop a scheme for the provision of high quality up-cycled bicycles and e-bikes as an alternative to the Cycle to Work Scheme model, for those on low incomes and/or those who are most marginalised and disadvantaged. A call for applications was launched in May 2021, with funding of €1...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff (26 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees who are eligible to apply for the cycle to work scheme in his Department and the HSE in of the past five full calendar years from 2017 to 2021; and the number of employees who availed of the organisation's cycle to work scheme. [53653/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycling Policy (11 Oct 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Josepha Madigan: 260. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is considering the expansion of the cycle-to-work scheme to the self-employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49507/22]