Results 1-20 of 38 for "cycle to work" speaker:Eamon Ryan

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policies (14 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...will be trained in 2023, in line with the target in the National Sustainable Mobility Policy of an additional 5,000 students per annum completing the training. 2023 funding also includes an increased subvention for students in DEIS schools, which will number around 9,000 of the totals trained this year. Thresholds under the Cycle to Work scheme have been increased in recent budgets to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policies (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...000 students receiving training under the CycleRight Programme, and it is expected that around 35,000 students will be trained in 2023, in line with the target in the National Sustainable Mobility Policy of an additional 5,000 students per annum completing the training. Thresholds under the Cycle to Work scheme have been increased in recent budgets to allow for the purchase of e-bikes and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policies (6 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...students receiving training under the CycleRight Programme, and it is expected that around 35,000 students will be trained in 2023, in line with the target in the National Sustainable Mobility Policy of an additional 5,000 students per annum completing the training. Thresholds under the Cycle to Work scheme have been increased in recent budgets to allow for the purchase of e-bikes and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (26 Oct 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 a recent Budget to accommodate the purchase of cargo bikes and e-cargo...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (25 Oct 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 Budget 2022, cargo bikes; however it is noted that this scheme is not open to those who are not...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policies (29 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...funds the delivery of CycleRight training through Cycling Ireland. The 2022 target of 28,000 pupils was exceeded with over 30,000 students receiving training under the CycleRight Programme, and a target of 42,000 students has been set for 2023.Thresholds under the Cycle to Work scheme have been increased in recent budgets to allow for the purchase of e-bikes and cargo bikes or e-bikes. The...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (1 Jun 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 Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (23 May 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 Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (27 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: .... The Programme for Government commits to “widening the eligibility of the Bike to Work scheme”. 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 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 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 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...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (22 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Cycle to Work Scheme, which I am very supportive of, is a tax incentive scheme administered by the Revenue Commissioners and governed by tax legislation and tax policy which are matters for my colleague, the Minister for Finance. In that regard, I very much welcomed his announcement of increased thresholds under the existing scheme as part of the July Stimulus 2020. The increases are in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tax Reliefs (5 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Cycle to Work Scheme, which I am very supportive of, is a tax incentive scheme administered by the Revenue Commissioners and governed by tax legislation and tax policy which are matters for my colleague the Minister for Finance. In that regard I very much welcomed his announcement of increased thresholds under the existing scheme as part of the July Stimulus 2020. The increases are in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Transport Policy (31 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: My Department participates in the Government Cycle to Work Scheme which is a tax incentive scheme designed to give employers the opportunity to offer their employees savings when purchasing a bicycle /electric bike for the purposes of primarily commuting to work.Most of the Departments offices offer bike parking and shower facilities to staff who chose to walk, cycle or scoot to work. My...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (3 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...or leisure purposes, and is encouraging more people to choose to cycle. I 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 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 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...