Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 June 2020
472. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons that availed of and the costs incurred by his Department regarding the cycle to work scheme since it was introduced to date by year and cost in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9975/20]
View answerThe Cycle to Work Scheme is a tax incentive scheme to encourage employees to cycle to their place of employment. Under the scheme, an employer can pay for a new bicycle (including bicycle accessories) and the employee then repays the cost in regular instalments from their gross salary.
As such, there are no costs to my Department, as the monies are fully recouped from the employee over a 12-month period.
The table below shows the number of staff, by year, from my Department who have availed of the scheme:
|
Year |
Number of Staff |
|
2009 |
79 |
|
2010 |
140 |
|
2011 |
207 |
|
2012 |
219 |
|
2013 |
95 |
|
2014 |
105 |
|
2015 |
95 |
|
2016 |
118 |
|
2017 |
103 |
|
2018 |
76 |
|
2019 |
81 |
|
2020 (to date) |
25 |
