Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if, in view of the Government's stated ambition to promote the use of commuting options other than the private car, he has considered extending the tax saver commuter scheme to the purchase of bicycles and electric peddled bicycles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26207/07]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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There are no plans to extend the scheme referred to by the Deputy to include the purchase by employers of bicycles and electrical bicycles for their employees to travel to work. There is provision in the existing Benefit-in-Kind arrangements to allow an employer to provide an employee with a small benefit to a value not exceeding €250 in any one year without applying PAYE and PRSI to that benefit. The purchase by an employer of a bicycle for an employee could be covered by this provision, subject to the €250 limit on the value of any such benefits.