Disabled drivers who fear they will lose out on certain reliefs which provide financial support to enable them have a car have been reassured by the Department of Finance.
A ruling by the European Court of Justice in April last year means the relief from excise on the fuel used in the vehicle for a disabled driver will end next December.
However, a new fuel grant scheme will be put in place before the relief ends and there will be a seamless transition between the two schemes, according to the department.
Members of the current scheme will not be at a loss.
Arrangements will be made during the year to provide for the new fuel grant scheme for disabled drivers which will have the same level of support as the current excise relief scheme.
Currently, the scheme provides relief from value-added tax (VAT) and vehicle registration tax (VRT), up to a certain limit, on the purchase of a motor vehicle adapted for the transport of a person with specific severe and permanent physical disabilities.
An exemption from payment of annual motor tax in respect of a vehicle that qualifies under the scheme, along with the other elements of the scheme, which include relief from VRT and VAT, and exemption from annual motor tax, will remain in place and are unaffected by the ruling.
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