S.I. No. 428/2014 - Housing Assistance Payment (Amendment) Regulations 2014.


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 3rd October, 2014.

I, ALAN KELLY, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 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 2014.

Commencement

2. These Regulations come into operation on 1 October 2014.

Maximum rent limits

3. Regulation 10 of the Housing Assistance Payment Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 407 of 2014 ) is amended by substituting the following for the Table to that Regulation:

“TABLE

MAXIMUM MONTHLY RENT LIMITS

Local authority administrat-ive area

(1)

Household class

One adult in shared accommodation

(2)

A couple in shared accommodation

(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)

Cork County Council

€250

€270

€485

€575

€700

€725

€750

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

Monaghan County Council

180

190

300

350

400

433

450

South Dublin County Council

350

400

520

750

950

975

1,000

Waterford City and County Council

220

240

375

390

475

500

525

”.

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,

24 September 2014.

BRENDAN HOWLIN,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

29 September 2014.

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 ) by substituting an expanded Table in Regulation 10, which, in addition to the maximum rent limits previously prescribed, sets out the maximum rent limits that will, under the Housing Assistance Payment (Section 50) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 427 of 2014 ), apply from 1 October 2014 in the administrative areas of the county councils of Kilkenny, Louth, Monaghan and South Dublin.