Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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246. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to roll out the disabled drivers board of appeal officers to other regions given that when disabled persons are refused their primary medical certificate in the local Health Service Executive office, they are expected to travel to Dún Laoghaire for an appeal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36354/15]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal that based on demand, clinics are held outside the Dublin area from time to time. In this regard, I am informed that one clinic per year has been held in Cork City over the past three years, and the Board plans to hold one in Cork in August or September of 2016.

Regulation 6(1)(e) of the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concession) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 353 of 1994) mandates that the Medical Board of Appeal is independent in the exercise of its functions. Accordingly, I do not have a role in deciding where clinics are held.