As we mark National Bike Week next week, I will be asking Oireachtas Members to get on their bikes and join me outside the front of Leinster House next Tuesday at 1 p.m. with the cycling campaigns to highlight the need to promote cycling and cycling infrastructure. We have seen a recent study by researchers in France showing how much health benefit there is to cycling. For each kilometre travelled by bicycle, the researchers estimate that approximately a euro is saved on social health cost spending. We need to do more to make cycling not only the healthy option, but also the safe option. As we head into bike week, will the Taoiseach commit not just to ensuring new cycleways are introduced, but also to funding safer infrastructure, tackling unsafe driving and tackling road disrepair and poor road infrastructure which puts cyclists at risk?

It is a very important issue because we are seeing more and more people cycling, including more younger people and more people cycling to work. Schemes such as the bike to work scheme have worked very well. There are also bikes people can rent across this city and in other places. It is a good way of getting around, it is environmentally friendly and it is good for one's health, both physically and mentally. We are investing a great deal in cycling infrastructure but I will ask the Minister for Transport to specifically respond on the issue around safety and road repair.