Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 149: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason the tax saver commuter ticket scheme does not apply to electric bicycles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28810/07]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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I recognise the positive benefits of cycling and I am committed to increasing the use of cycling as a mode of transport. My Department is commissioning research on international best practice at present, which will inform the development of a National Cycle Policy. This, in turn, will feed into a Sustainable Travel and Transport Action Plan, which I intend publishing in 2008 after a full public consultation process. The process will inform the precise measures to be adopted in relation to cycling and other issues.