Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 421: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans he has to introduce a scheme here similar to the cycle to work scheme currently operational in the United Kingdom which allows employers to purchase bikes on behalf of employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22626/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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I am committed to increasing the use of cycling as a mode of transport and, having commissioned research on international best practice, I aim to develop a National Cycle Policy. This, in turn, will complement the proposed Sustainable Travel and Transport Action Plan, which I intend publishing this year following a recent public consultation process. The process will inform the precise measures to be adopted in relation to cycling and the particular example of employers purchasing bikes on behalf of employees will be considered in that context.