Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the cycle to work scheme is only in operation for two months of the year that is March and April of the year; if he confirms that it is an all year scheme, if he will explain the reason the northern area health board only processes this scheme in March and April. [16688/11]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The cycle to work scheme is available all year round, there is no restriction on when a bicycle may be purchased. However, I would point out that it is a matter, in the first instance, for employers to implement the scheme having regard to their own administrative requirements.

While Circular 16/2009 provides instructions on the implementation of the cycle-to-work scheme in the Civil Service, my Department has no objection to the wider Public Service using this civil service circular to implement the scheme.