Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 11th January, 2022.

I, PASCHAL DONOHOE, Minister for Finance, after consultation with the Minister for Health and the Data Protection Commission, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 81 of the Finance Act 2015 (No. 52 of 2015) and having had regard to the matters set out in subsections (3) and (4) of that section, hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers Fuel Grant (Amendment) Regulations 2021.

2. The Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers Fuel Grant Regulations ( S.I. No. 635 of 2015 ) are amended -

(a) in Regulation 5(1) –

(i) in subparagraph (b), by the substitution of “Schedule 2,” for “Schedule 2, and”,

(ii) by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (c):

“(c) in the case of hydrocarbon oil purchased on or after 1 January 2021 and before 1 January 2022, in Schedule 3,”,

and

(iii) by the insertion of the following subparagraphs after subparagraph (c):

“(d) in the case of hydrocarbon oil purchased on or after 1 January 2022 and before 1 May 2022, in Schedule 4, and,

(e) in the case of hydrocarbon oil purchased on or after 1 May 2022, in Schedule 5.”,

and

(b) by the substitution of the following Schedules for Schedules 1, 2 and 3:

“SCHEDULE 1

Regulation 5(1)(a)

Rates of fuel grant payable by type of hydrocarbon oil purchased on or before 31 December 2019

SCHEDULE 2

Regulation 5(1)(b)

Rates of fuel grant payable by type of hydrocarbon oil purchased on or after 1 January 2020 and before 1 January 2021

SCHEDULE 3

Regulation 5(1)(c)

Rates of fuel grant payable by type of hydrocarbon oil purchased on or after 1 January 2021 and before 1 January 2022

SCHEDULE 4

Regulation 5(1)(d)

Rates of fuel grant payable by type of hydrocarbon oil purchased on or after 1 January 2022 and before 1 May 2022

SCHEDULE 5

Regulation 5(1)(e)

Rates of fuel grant payable by type of hydrocarbon oil purchased on or after 1 May 2022

”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

31 December, 2021.

PASCHAL DONOHOE,

Minister for Finance.