Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the cycle to work scheme of his Department will be immediately reinstated. [8208/20]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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It was necessary for operational reasons to temporarily suspend the cycle to work scheme arising from the COVID 19 lockdown.

The priority of my Department during the lockdown period has been to ensure that the 125,000 payees on the payrolls continued to be paid on a fortnightly basis.

I am glad to advise the Deputy that my Department will accept new applications for the Cycle to Work scheme from the 8^thJune 2020. The information on my Department's website has been updated to reflect this.