Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 475: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide details of the workplace travel plan introduced in his Department; the number of civil service staff participating as a percentage of all Department staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15783/10]

Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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My Department's Workplace Travel Plan includes measures such as a lift sharing website; provision of bicycles in each office location in Dublin for inter-office travelling and to facilitate those who wish to try commuting by bicycle; walkers and bicycle users groups; information for staff on public transport service timetables; information on walking distances to the Department's offices from suburban areas; and promotion of monthly public transport tickets, the annual travel pass and the cycle to work tax saver scheme. Cycling facilities in some of my Department's offices have been improved.

At this stage, some 79% of my Department's staff travel to work either on foot, by bicycle or by public transport.