Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of cycle to work scheme applications processed by his Department and its agencies, affiliated agencies or subordinate agencies, each year from 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22317/25]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Cycle to Work Scheme is implemented under a salary sacrifice arrangement through an employee's payroll. Under this arrangement my Department funds the purchase of the bicycle and/or safety equipment for the employee who agrees to forego or sacrifice part of his or her salary for over an agreed period in order to cover the cost. In this context there is no cost to my Department to implementing the Scheme.

In addition to the number of Civil Servants employed by the Department of Defence, the Department also employs a number of civilian staff at various military installations to support the operational capability of the Defence Forces.

The table below outlines the number of staff in the Department of Defence that availed of the Cycle to Work Scheme in each of the years from 2020 to 2024. There are three bodies under the aegis of my Department; the Army Pensions Board, the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces and the External Oversight Body of the Defence Forces (EOB), which was placed on a Statutory basis on 1 December 2024. The civil service support staff for those bodies are included in the data for the Department.