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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, January 09, 2017

QUESTION NO.7b)

QUESTION: Councillor W. Lavelle

To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the Council's programme of cycle training in 2016, including details of the schools who availed of the programme; and to ask for details of the 2017 programme?

REPLY:

 Cycle training was provided for 1838 pupils in 2016. These pupils were predominantly 5th and 6th class students. Details of this training can be found in the attachment.

"Cycle Right", a new national cycle training standard is launching in January 2017. This training course standardises the training provided by different companies and introduces a stagegate process for people to develop their cycling skills. This new course incorporates both practical and theoretical lessons for children, provides basic training within the school grounds and also basic on road training that includes traversing a junction.  The ratio of trainers to children is also now defined by this.

As the new course is more intensive and requires more trainers there is an additional cost to providing it. The funding streams for this have changed with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport now providing a large portion of the funding. The RSA will continue to support the training by providing €5 per child.

For 2017 SDCC propose to increase their funding for the coming year to €10 per child to reduce the cost to parents. SDCC also intends to trial and adult training scheme during the summer months to encourage older people to get back on their bikes.