Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 203: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is taking part in the cycle to work scheme or plans to do so in the near future; the agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department taking part in the cycle to work scheme and those which are not; and the impact the implementation of decentralisation will have on participation in the scheme. [34615/09]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department is taking parting the cycle to work scheme together with the following bodies under the aegis of my Department: Office of the Revenue Commissioners Office of Public Works State Laboratory Public Appointments Service Commission for Public Service Appointments Valuation Office Office of the Ombudsman

I have been informed by the NTMA that there are plans to have the scheme in operation before the end of 2009. The scheme is not currently available in the Office of the Appeals Commissioners and Special EU Programmes Body. The scheme is open to all employees, including those in decentralised offices.