Housing Assistance Payment (Amendment) Regulations S.I. No. 40/2016


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S.I. No. 40/2016 - Housing Assistance Payment (Amendment) Regulations 2016.


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 2nd February, 2016.

I, ALAN KELLY, Minister for the Environment, 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), and with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, hereby make the following regulations:

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Assistance Payment (Amendment) Regulations 2016.

Commencement

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

Definition

3. In these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the Housing Assistance Payment Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 407 of 2014 ).

Maximum rent limits

4. (1) Regulation 10 (as amended by the Housing Assistance Payment (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 474 of 2015 )) of the Principal Regulations is amended by—

(a) substituting the following for the Table to that Regulation:

“TABLE

MAXIMUM MONTHLY RENT LIMITS

Household class

Local authority adminis- trative area

One adult in shared accomm-odation

A couple in shared accomm-odation

One adult

A couple

One adult, or a couple, with 1 child

One adult, or a couple, with 2 children

One adult, or a couple, with 3 children

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Carlow County Council

230

250

375

433

520

560

590

Clare County Council

190

210

320

350

400

450

500

Cork City Council

250

270

485

575

700

725

750

Cork County Council

250

270

485

575

700

725

750

Donegal County Council

175

200

300

325

350

400

450

Dublin City Council

350

400

520

750

950

975

1,000

Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

350

400

520

750

950

975

1,000

Fingal County Council

300

350

520

700

850

900

950

Galway City Council

280

300

475

540

700

725

750

Galway County Council

280

300

475

540

700

725

750

Kildare County Council

350

400

520

750

950

975

1,000

Kilkenny County Council

200

230

390

430

540

565

590

Limerick City and County Council

200

240

375

400

500

550

600

Louth County Council

215

250

390

400

550

575

600

Mayo County Council

195

215

375

390

433

465

500

Meath County Council

300

350

520

700

850

900

950

Monaghan County Council

180

190

300

350

400

433

450

Offaly County Council

200

220

360

400

450

475

500

Sligo County Council

195

220

400

425

520

540

550

South Dublin County Council

420

480

624

900

1,140

1,170

1,200

Tipperary County Council

195

220

370

400

485

500

525

Waterford City and County Council

220

240

375

390

475

500

525

”,

and

(b) substituting the following for paragraph (3)(b):

“(b) The housing authorities for the purposes of subparagraph (a) are-

(i) Cork City Council,

(ii) Cork County Council,

(iii) Galway City Council,

(iv) Galway County Council,

(v) Kildare County Council, and

(vi) Meath County Council.”.

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

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

22 January 2016.

BRENDAN HOWLIN,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

26 January 2016.

ALAN KELLY,

Minister for the Environment, 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 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 Galway City Council (from 1 February 2016).

The Regulations also provide that the maximum rent limits set out in the Table may be exceeded by not more than 20% in the administrative areas of Cork City Council, Cork County Council, Galway City Council, Galway County Council, Kildare County Council or Meath County Council, where this is necessary to source suitable accommodation for a household that is qualified for social housing support.


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