Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 75: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish the National Cycling Strategy; the reason the deadline for the publication of this strategy by the second quarter of 2008 has been missed; the measures that will be contained in the cycling strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46355/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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It is my intention to publish a national cycling policy as early as possible in 2009 following the publication of the Sustainable Travel and Transport Action Plan. This is in line with the commitments that I made earlier in the year and which never included a target of the second quarter 2008 for publication.

The final approved policy will set out the detail of the measures which will range from cycling infrastructure and traffic management to issues such as training and awareness. I intend that the National Cycling Policy will be not only a comprehensive response to current difficulties faced by the cycling community in terms of road priority and safety issues, but will also prove to be a springboard to creating a culture of cycling in Ireland. In this respect I have indicated that the proposed policy should aim to increase modal share of cycling from 2% to 10% by 2020.