Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 June 2020
286. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons that availed of and the costs incurred by her Department regarding the cycle to work scheme since it was introduced to date by year and cost in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9976/20]
View answerThe National Shared Services Office (NSSO) administers the Cycle to Work scheme on behalf of my Department. The bicycles and any related equipment which qualify under the scheme are paid for by staff themselves by way of salary sacrifice spread over a single year. Accordingly there are no direct costs incurred by the Department in the facilitation of the scheme.
Details regarding the number of staff from my Department who have availed of the scheme on an annual basis since 2009 to-date are set out in the following table.
|
Year |
No. of Applications by staff |
Total Cost of bicycles & related equipment purchased by staff inclusive of VAT |
|
2009 |
25 |
€18,865.02 |
|
2010 |
42 |
€29,464.08 |
|
2011 |
53 |
€36,886.49 |
|
2012 |
42 |
€29,897.30 |
|
2013 |
34 |
€24,606.27 |
|
2014 |
37 |
€29,638.74 |
|
2015 |
31 |
€25,987.62 |
|
2016 |
24 |
€20,851.40 |
|
2017 |
30 |
€24,417.02 |
|
2018 |
24 |
€17,932.30 |
|
2019 |
23 |
€19,968.60 |
|
2020 to-date |
12 |
€9,448.79 |
|
OVERALL TOTAL |
377 |
€287,963.63 |
