(1) The Minister may pay, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, a grant to a person in respect of hydrocarbon oil used for combustion in the engine of a vehicle used by a severely and permanently disabled person -

(a) as a driver, where the disablement is of such a nature that the person concerned could not drive any vehicle unless it is specially constructed or adapted to take account of that disablement, or

(b) as a passenger, where the vehicle has been specially constructed or adapted to take account of the passenger's disablement.

(2) The Minister, after consultation with the Minister for Health and the Data Protection Commission, may make regulations for the purposes of this section to provide for the following:

(a) the payment of the grant;

(b) the annual maximum quantity of hydrocarbon oil in respect of which a claim may be made;

(c) the rates of the grant payable in respect of different types of hydrocarbon oil;

(d) eligibility criteria;

(e) the manner in which an application for the grant is to be made;

(f) the information to be furnished by an applicant for the grant;

(g) procedures for the reimbursement of overpayments and erroneous payments;

(h) the publication of administrative guidelines;