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Tuesday, 16 December 2008

9:00 pm

Photo of Arthur MorganArthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance when new criteria under Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994 in relation to primary medical certificates will be published; if these criteria offer greater consistency than is currently available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45980/08]

Photo of Brian Lenihan JnrBrian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Scheme provides relief from VAT and Vehicle Registration Tax (up to a certain limit), and exemption from motor tax, on the purchase of an adapted car for transport of a person with specific severe and permanent physical disabilities. The disability criteria for these concessions are set out in the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994. To get a Primary Medical Certificate, an applicant must be permanently and severely disabled within the terms of these Regulations. As the Deputy will be aware there was an interdepartmental review of the Scheme. Some 12,500 people benefited under the scheme in 2007 at an overall estimated cost of €74 million. Any changes would have to be considered in the context of the annual Budget.

Photo of Arthur MorganArthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Louth was refused a primary medical certificate when there is clear professional evidence of their disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45981/08]

Photo of Brian Lenihan JnrBrian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The initial application for a Primary Medical Certificate under the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994, is made to the Senior Medical Officer of the relevant local Health Service Executive administrative area. If the Primary Medical Certificate has been refused in this case, the named person may appeal the refusal to the Medical Board of Appeal, National Rehabilitation Hospital, Rochestown Avenue, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. I would point out that the Medical Board of Appeal is independent in the exercise of its functions.

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