Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 560: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil and public servants that have signed up for the cycle to work scheme; the cost of the scheme to date in 2010. [7571/10]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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25 members of staff of my Department and 757 members of the Defence Forces have signed up for the cycle to work scheme. There is no discernible cost to this Department's vote in administering the cycle to work scheme. The bicycles and equipment are paid for by way of salary sacrifice by those acquiring the bicycles. There would be minor costs in administering the scheme and in carrying the up-front costs until such time as those are offset by the gradual deductions from salary. Neither of these are of such significance that would warrant quantification.