Skip to main content
Normal View

Transport Policy

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 22 April 2021

Thursday, 22 April 2021

Questions (62)

Holly Cairns

Question:

62. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel to commute to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21055/21]

View answer

Written answers

My Department is committed to providing a healthy and safe working environment, and to improving the quality of working life of staff through the integration of wellbeing in work activities and practices. This commitment involves encouraging and facilitating staff participation in sustainable and active travel measures under the Workplace Travel Plan. This Plan promotes staff use of such travel options when travelling to, from and for work and provides for:

- Staff participation in the Annual Travel Pass and Cycle to Work schemes - the operation of which transferred to PeoplePoint in 2016, and

- The availability of bicycle parking spaces and lockers at Department offices.

My Department’s Environmental Management System had its ISO 14001/2015 accreditation recently extended from the Custom House Headquarters in Dublin to our offices in Wexford and Ballina. This comprehensive system addresses staff participation in sustainable transport options through regular internal communications relating to the schemes.  In addition, my Department is currently engaged in a review of its participation in the National Transport Authority’s Smarter Travel Workplaces scheme with further active travel measures under consideration.

The information requested in relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department is a matter for the individual bodies concerned.  Arrangements have been put in place by each Agency to facilitate the provision of information directly to members of the Oireachtas.  The contact email address for each agency is set out in the following table:

State Body  

Contact E-mail  

An Bord Pleanála

oireachtasqueries@pleanala.ie

An Fóram Uisce (the Water Forum)

info@nationalwaterforum.ie

Docklands Oversight and Consultative Forum

infodocklands@dublincity.ie

Ervia

oireachtas@ervia.ie

Gas Networks Ireland

oireachtas@ervia.ie  

Heritage Council

oireachtas@heritagecouncil.ie

Housing Finance Agency

oireachtas.enquiries@hfa.ie

Housing and Sustainable   Communities Agency

publicreps@housingagency.ie

Irish Water

oireachtasmembers@water.ie

Land Development Agency

oireachtas@lda.ie  

Local Government Management Agency

corporate@lgma.ie

National Oversight and Audit Commission

info@noac.ie

National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee

ntacc@housing.gov.ie

Office of the Planning Regulator

oireachtas@opr.ie

Ordnance Survey Ireland

Oireachtas@osi.ie

Property Registration Authority

reps@prai.ie

Pyrite   Resolution Board

oireachtasinfo@pyriteboard.ie    

Residential Tenancies Board

OireachtasMembersQueries@rtb.ie

Valuation Office

oireachtas.enquiries@VALOFF.ie

Valuation Tribunal

info@valuationtribunal.ie

Water Advisory Body

info@wab.gov.ie

Waterways Ireland

ceoffice@waterwaysireland.org

Top
Share