Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 122: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made to date on the implementation of the national cycling policy framework; the cost of implementing this strategy to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6433/10]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The National Cycle Policy Framework (NCPF), which I announced on 20 April 2009, contained 109 action points. To date, as reported during my Department's recent joint cycling seminar with the Embassy of the Netherlands, the presentations at which are available on www.smartertravel.ie, progress has been made or is underway on some 40 of those points.

The NCPF is part of a suite of interrelated measures being pursued under the Smarter Travel policy to deliver a sustainable travel and transport system by 2020. My Department does not, nor does it intend to, disaggregate expenditure between the NCPF and other Smarter Travel measures, including support for An Taisce's GreenSchools Travel Programme because, in many cases, expenditure on cycling also serves to support other sustainable travels options such as walking and mixed mode travel.

Securing an increase in both cycling and walking requires an integrated suite of measures and complementary actions across all aspects of sustainable transport. In this respect I have secured funding of €25 million for Smarter Travel initiatives in 2010, compared to an outturn of just under €10 million last year. To date in 2010, payments totalling just over €350,000 have been authorised from the €25 million referred to earlier.

Question No. 123 answered with Question No. 103.

Question No. 124 answered with Question No. 109.