John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 245: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for primary medical certificates under the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal that were granted on appeal over the last 5 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27556/06]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Scheme, the number of appeals determined and the number granted by the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal during the last 5 years is set out in the following table.

Following a period of difficulty in organising sufficient meetings of the Medical Board of Appeal, the Board was reconstituted in early 2005, and the panel of doctors has been incrementally expanded from three to the current seventeen members. This has facilitated more frequent meetings of the Board, thus enabling progress to be made in reducing the backlog of appeals that had arisen.