S.I. No. 340/2016 - Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) (Amendment) (No. 1) (Rent Supplement) Regulations 2016.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) (Amendment) (No. 1) (Rent Supplement) Regulations 2016.

(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) Regulations 2007 to 2015 shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) Regulations 2007 to 2016.

Commencement

2. These Regulations come into operation on 1 July 2016.

Maximum rent limits

3. The Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) Regulations 2007 (

S.I. No. 412 of 2007

) are amended by the substitution of the following Schedule for Schedule 1 (amended by Article 5 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare) Regulations 2014 (

S.I. No. 604 of 2014

))

“SCHEDULE 1

Article 9

Maximum Monthly Rent Limits

Location (1)

Single person in shared accomm- odation (2)

Couple in shared accomm- odation (3)

Single person (4)

Couple with no qualified children (5)

Couple with 1 qualified child or one-parent family with 1 qualified child(6)

Couple with 2 qualified children or one- parent family with 2 qualified children(7)

Couple with 3 qualified children or one-parent family with 3 qualified children(8)

Dublin: Fingal

€400

€440

€660

€900

€1,150

€1,175

€1,200

Dublin:Dun Laoghaire/ Rathdown,South Dublin,Dublin City

430

500

660

900

1,250

1,275

1,300

Carlow

270

290

440

510

570

600

630

Cavan

190

220

380

420

450

470

490

Clare

220

240

360

400

480

515

550

Cork

300

330

550

650

900

925

950

Donegal

200

230

340

370

410

470

520

Galway

330

360

575

650

850

875

900

Kerry

200

230

380

410

525

550

575

Kildare

290

350

500

585

800

835

870

Kilkenny

230

270

480

530

630

660

690

Laois

240

280

420

433

580

610

630

Leitrim

200

220

340

370

450

475

500

Limerick

270

300

420

450

650

700

750

Longford

180

200

330

350

400

425

450

Louth

250

290

460

480

660

690

720

Mayo

200

220

390

410

480

500

520

Meath

240

310

460

500

730

740

750

Monaghan

200

220

330

390

500

515

530

Offaly

210

230

380

433

550

575

600

Roscommon

240

260

360

390

500

525

550

Sligo

220

250

460

490

550

575

600

Tipperary

210

230

380

420

525

560

600

Waterford

240

270

430

450

550

575

600

Westmeath

220

240

450

470

600

625

650

Wexford

280

300

420

433

530

565

600

Wicklow

250

300

440

475

700

735

770

”.

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform consents to the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

30 June 2016.

PASCHAL DONOHOE,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

30 June 2016.

LEO VARADKAR,

Minister for Social Protection.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations provide for new maximum monthly rent limits for the purposes of the payment of the Rent Supplement under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance scheme. These new limits come into operation on 1 July 2016.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

5

th July

, 2016.

I, LEO VARADKAR, Minister for Social Protection, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 4 (amended by

section 96

of the

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011

(No. 10 of 2011)) of the

Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005

(No. 26 of 2005), and by section 198(3E) (inserted by

section 14

of the

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008

(No. 22 of 2008)) of the

Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005

, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, hereby make the following Regulations

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