Beverley Flynn
Ceist:184 Ms Cooper-Flynn asked the Minister for Finance if, under the current guidelines, a sufferer of rheumatoid arthritis would qualify for a primary medical certificate. [4534/01]
Written Answers. - Disabled Drivers' Scheme.
The requirements and conditions pertaining to the regulations governing the disabled drivers and disabled passengers tax concessions scheme are set out in Statutory Instrument No. 353 of 1994, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library. Six different types of disability are listed under the regulations and a qualifying person must satisfy one or more of them. Essentially, those without the use of limbs, as distinct from those who are just weak in the limbs will qualify. The current medical criteria are designed so that people who qualify for the scheme do so irrespective of the original cause of their disability. Information leaflets are available from the Revenue Commissioners, Coolshannagh, Monaghan – phone: 047 82800.