Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 1st September, 2023.

I, DARRAGH O’BRIEN, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (5) of section 24A (inserted by the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 (No. 17 of 2016)) of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (No. 27 of 2004), and consequent on having duly received from the Director of the Residential Tenancies Board, pursuant to that subsection, a rent zone report confirming that the criteria in subsection (4) of that section are satisfied in respect of the area to which the following Order relates, hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Rent Pressure Zone (Administrative Area of Kilkenny County council) Order 2023.

2. The Order comes into operation on 31 August 2023.

3. The area consisting of the Administrative Area of Kilkenny County Council is prescribed as a rent pressure zone during the period commencing on 31 August 2023 and ending on 31 December 2024.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

30 August, 2023.

DARRAGH O’BRIEN,

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order provides for the designation of the Administrative Area of Kilkenny County Council as a rent pressure zone under section 24A of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (as inserted by section 36 of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 ), for the period commencing on 31 August 2023 and ending on 31 December 2024.