Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce an initiative to provide a cycling helmet to every child in national school as part of a cycle safety programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19561/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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My Department has no plans to provide a cycling helmet to every child attending primary school. The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport funds Cycle Right, the National Standard for Cycle Training, which provides practical cycle safety and skills training.

Cycle Right was developed by a partnership steering committee consisting of stakeholders including the Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport, the Road Safety Authority, Cycling Ireland, An Garda Síochána, An Táisce (Green Schools), Coaching Ireland and representatives of local authorities. Schools can apply to partake in this programme.

In the Primary school curriculum Road Safety, including cycling, is part of the Safety and Protection strand of the SPHE curriculum.