Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 June 2020
730. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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. [9979/20]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.. The information supplied covers the period since the establishment of my Department in June 2011 . It should be noted that there is no actual cost to the Department from the Cycle to Work scheme. The Department initially pays an approved supplier for the bicycle, the employee signs an undertaking where the cost of the bicycle is recouped through payroll deduction over a year.
|
Year |
€ Amount initially paid in year |
Number of cases by year |
|
2011 |
13,229 |
16 |
|
2012 |
19,117 |
26 |
|
2013 |
10,871 |
14 |
|
2014 |
18,141 |
22 |
|
2015 |
17,318 |
22 |
|
2016 |
12,324 |
16 |
|
2017 |
12,987 |
16 |
|
2018 |
19,555 |
25 |
|
2019 |
16,675 |
23 |
|
2020 (to date) |
5,603 |
6 |
|
Total |
145,820 |
186 |
