S.I. No. 575/2016 - Housing Assistance Payment (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2016.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Assistance Payment (Amendment) (No.4) Regulations 2016.

Commencement

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

Definition

3. In these Regulations–

“No. 2 Regulations of 2016” means the Housing Assistance Payment (Amendment)(No. 2) Regulations 2016 (

S.I. No. 338 of 2016

);

“Principal Regulations” means the Housing Assistance Payment Regulations 2014 (

S.I. No. 407 of 2014

).

Maximum rent limits

4. (1) Regulation 10 (inserted by the Housing Assistance Payment (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (

S.I. No. 576 of 2014

)) of the Principal Regulations is amended—

(

a

) in paragraph (3) (inserted by the Housing Assistance Payment (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2016 (

S.I. No. 354 of 2016

)) by substituting the following for subparagraph (

b

) (inserted by the No. 2 Regulations of 2016)

“(

b

) The housing authorities for the purposes of subparagraph (

a

) are—

Carlow County Council,

Cavan County Council,

Clare County Council,

Cork City Council,

Cork County Council,

Donegal County Council,

Galway City Council,

Galway County Council,

Kerry County Council,

Kildare County Council,

Kilkenny County Council,

Laois County Council,

Leitrim County Council,

Limerick City and County Council,

Longford County Council,

Louth County Council,

Mayo County Council,

Meath County Council,

Monaghan County Council,

Offaly County Council,

Roscommon County Council,

Sligo County Council,

South Dublin County Council,

Tipperary County Council,

Waterford City and County Council,

Westmeath County Council,

Wexford County Council, and

Wicklow County Council.”,

and

(

b

) by substituting the following for the Table (inserted by the No. 2 Regulations of 2016) to that Regulation

“TABLE

MAXIMUM MONTHLY RENT LIMITS

Local authority administrat-ive area(1)

Household class

One adult in shared accomm-odation(2)

A couple in shared accomm-odation(3)

One adult(4)

A couple(5)

One adult, or a couple, with 1 child(6)

One adult, or a couple, with 2 children(7)

One adult, or a couple, with 3 children(8)

Carlow County Council

€270

€290

€440

€510

€570

€600

€630

Cavan County Council

190

220

380

420

450

470

490

ClareCounty Council

220

240

360

400

480

515

550

Cork City Council

300

330

550

650

900

925

950

Cork County Council

300

330

550

650

900

925

950

Donegal County Council

200

230

340

370

410

470

520

Dublin City Council

430

500

660

900

1,250

1,275

1,300

Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

430

500

660

900

1,250

1,275

1,300

Fingal County Council

400

440

660

900

1,150

1,175

1,200

Galway City Council

330

360

575

650

850

875

900

Galway County Council

330

360

575

650

850

875

900

Kerry County Council

200

230

380

410

525

550

575

Kildare County Council

350

400

575

750

975

1,050

1,100

Kilkenny County Council

230

270

480

530

630

660

690

Laois County Council

€240

€280

€420

€433

€580

€610

€630

Leitrim County Council

200

220

340

370

450

475

500

Limerick City and County Council

270

300

420

450

650

700

750

Longford County Council

180

200

330

350

400

425

450

Louth CountyCouncil

310

350

575

650

975

1,050

1,100

Mayo County Council

200

220

390

410

480

500

520

Meath County Council

310

350

575

700

975

1,050

1,100

Monaghan County Council

200

220

330

390

500

515

530

Offaly County Council

210

230

380

435

550

575

600

Roscommon County Council

240

260

360

390

500

525

550

Sligo County Council

220

250

460

490

550

575

600

South DublinCounty Council

430

500

660

900

1,250

1,275

1,300

Tipperary County Council

210

230

380

420

525

560

600

Waterford City and County Council

240

270

430

450

550

575

600

Westmeath County Council

220

240

450

470

600

625

650

Wexford County Council

280

300

420

433

530

565

600

Wicklow County Council

€370

€410

€660

€900

€1,150

€1,200

€1,250

”.

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

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform,

30 November 2016.

PASCHAL DONOHUE,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

30 November 2016.

SIMON COVENEY,

Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations in effect amend the Housing Assistance Payment Regulations 2014 (

S.I. No. 407 of 2014

) to prescribe the maximum rent limits that will apply for the purposes of the Housing Assistance Payment scheme in the administrative area of Cavan County Council, Kerry County Council, Laois County Council, Leitrim County Council, Longford County Council, Roscommon County Council, Westmeath County Council, Wexford County Council and Wicklow County Council (from 1 December 2016).

The Regulations also provide a revised list of the local authorities the effect of which is that the maximum rent limits set out in the Table may be exceeded by not more than 20% in the administrative areas of Carlow County Council, Cavan County Council, Clare County Council, Cork City Council, Cork County Council, Donegal County Council, Galway City Council, Galway County Council, Kerry County Council, Kildare County Council, Kilkenny County Council, Laois County Council, Leitrim County Council, Limerick City and County Council, Longford County Council, Louth County Council, Mayo County Council, Meath County Council, Monaghan County Council, Offaly County Council, Roscommon County Council, Sligo County Council, South Dublin County Council, Tipperary County Council, Waterford City and County Council, Westmeath County Council, Wexford County Council and Wicklow County Council, where this is necessary to source suitable accommodation for a household that is qualified for social housing support.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

2

nd December

, 2016.

I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

sections 4

and

43

of the

Housing (Miscellaneous) Provisions Act 2014

(No. 21 of 2014) (as adapted by the Environment, Community and Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2016 (

S.I. No. 394 of 2016

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

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