Results 81-100 of 435 for "cycle to work"

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Mar 2022)

Seán Kyne: ...in the university or the hospital, and indeed students who attend National University of Ireland, Galway, or Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology. It would be a game changer for them to be able to cycle to work or university along the greenway, in through Galway city and Fisheries Field. I urge people to get involved. We saw the south Kerry case in the Supreme Court two weeks ago. It...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (22 Feb 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: Section 118(5G) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (TCA 1997) provides for the ‘Cycle to Work’ scheme. This scheme provides an exemption from benefit-in-kind (BIK) where an employer purchases a bicycle and associated safety equipment for an employee.  Under section 118B TCA 1997 an employer and employee may also enter into a salary sacrifice arrangement under which the...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022: Second Stage (3 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: ...but that is what is happening in homes around Ireland. People cannot afford to heat their homes in 2022. They cannot afford to put fuel in their cars. Again, I am aware that the Green Party would like us all to cycle to work or use public transport. However, in my constituency of Cork South-West people cannot cycle on the roads as there are no cycleways. Even if there were, the hedges...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Electric Vehicles: Discussion (30 Nov 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Dr. Colm Byrne: People on social welfare do not get to benefit from the cycle to work scheme because it is an employer's scheme. There needs to be some sort of change to get those people into the net. Lower earners do not get to benefit to the full extent because they only get a 30% rebate instead of a 50% rebate. If we are serious about trying to transition away from the internal...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (23 Nov 2021) See 4 other results from this answer

Darren O'Rourke: 236. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the cycle to work scheme in 2019 and 2020; the number of persons who availed of it in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57029/21]

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Bernard Durkan: ...the minimum impact. The Minister has a difficult job to do. We are trying to reduce emissions, which we have committed to, and rightly so. I hear the young generation saying that we can all cycle to work but we cannot. Some of us could have cycled to work once upon a time but I have no intention of going back to it any time soon if I can avoid it. For those who can and have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: ...is rampant and is a big industry. Stolen bicycles are being shipped out of the country. Perhaps, as in the Netherlands, we need so many bicycles that people will not want to steal them anymore. The cycle to work scheme, which the Minister was involved with in a previous existence, is a very good scheme but it has probably incentivised people to buy more expensive bicycles rather than...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (9 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: Section 118(5G) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (TCA 1997) provides for the Cycle-to-Work scheme. This scheme provides an exemption from benefit-in-kind (BIK) where an employer purchases a bicycle and associated safety equipment for an employee. Under section 118B TCA 1997 an employer and employee may also enter into a salary sacrifice arrangement under which the employee agrees to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (9 Nov 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Catherine Murphy: 241. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to include e-scooters as eligible methods of transport under the cycle to work scheme. [54014/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Schemes (9 Nov 2021)

Michael McGrath: As the Deputy will be aware the Cycle to Work Scheme is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Finance. At the current time there is no basis to provide for e-scooters as a means of transport. My colleague the Minister for Transport is currently advancing the Road Traffic and Roads Bill which includes provision for measures to provide for the legal use of powered personal transporters,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (19 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...leisure purposes, and is encouraging more people to choose to cycle. I very much welcomed the announcement by my colleague, the Minister for Finance, of increased thresholds under the existing Cycle to Work Scheme as part of the 2020 July Stimulus package, as well as the expansion of the scheme to electric bikes, including e-cargo bikes. The changes to the Scheme are in line with...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (19 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: Section 118(5G) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (TCA 1997) provides for the ‘Cycle to Work’ scheme. This scheme provides an exemption from benefit-in-kind (BIK) where an employer purchases a bicycle and associated safety equipment for an employee. The scheme is designed to be administratively simple in order to encourage employers to participate. Under section 118B TCA...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (19 Oct 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Gerald Nash: 361. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to reform and extend the cycle to work scheme to include those on social welfare benefits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50485/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (5 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, section 118(5G) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (TCA 1997) provides for the Cycle to Work scheme. This scheme provides an exemption from benefit-in-kind (BIK) where an employer purchases a bicycle and associated safety equipment for an employee and was introduced in 2009. The cycle to work scheme operates on a self-administration basis. Relief is...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Tax Reliefs (5 Oct 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 473. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he, in conjunction with the relevant Departments will consider putting a scheme in place similar to the cycle-to-work scheme for those on disability and invalidity allowance in order to financially assist them to access bicycles and electric scooters and so on. [47464/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycling Policy (21 Sep 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Cormac Devlin: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending eligibility of the cycle to work scheme to persons who are retired by introducing a self-assessed tax credit in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45075/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (9 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...engaged in the Programme in order to encourage as many employees as possible to consider sustainable transport modes such as cycling in their commute to and from work. It is also worth noting that the Cycle to Work Scheme, which falls under the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Finance, also assists employees with purchasing a bicycle to commute to work. Given its role in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Grant Payments (27 Jul 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...forward, including during the ongoing negotiations ahead of Budget 2022. I very much welcomed the announcement by my colleague, the Minister for Finance, of increased thresholds under the existing Cycle to Work Scheme as part of the 2020 July Stimulus package, as well as the expansion of the scheme to electric bikes, including e-cargo bikes. The changes to the Scheme are in line with the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (27 Jul 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Gerald Nash: 329. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who availed of the cycle to work scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the cost of the scheme in each of the years; the number of persons who accessed the maximum amount of tax relief in each of those years; the average tax relief in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39878/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycling Policy (27 Jul 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Gerald Nash: 360. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of introducing a cycle to school scheme based on the cycle to work scheme by which a parent can claim back the cost of one bicycle per child through their salary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39918/21]