John Perry
Question:263 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Finance if he received correspondence dated 10 February 2006 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8819/06]
View answerTuesday, 7 March 2006
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I have received a letter from the person concerned. She applied on behalf of her daughter for a primary medical certificate in respect of the tax concessions available under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers (tax concessions) scheme. She was not awarded the certificate and wishes to appeal the decision. The senior area medical officer of the relevant Health Service Executive area is responsible for deciding applications for the primary medical certificate under the scheme. Refusal of the certificate can be appealed to The Secretary, Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal, National Rehabilitation Hospital, Rochestown Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin. I have no direct role in this appeals process.
A person who is to qualify for the primary medical certificate must be permanently and severely disabled and satisfy one of the following conditions as set out in the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994: be entirely or almost entirely without the use of both legs; be entirely without the use of one leg and almost entirely without the use of the other leg such that the applicant is severely restricted as to movement of the lower limbs; be without both hands or without both arms; be without one or both legs; be entirely or almost entirely without the use of both hands or arms and entirely or almost entirely without the use of one leg; or have the medical condition of dwarfism and have serious difficulties of movement of the lower limbs.