S.I. No. 56/2017 - Housing Assistance Payment (Amendment) Regulations 2017.


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 3rd March, 2017.

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:

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Assistance Payment (Amendment) Regulations 2017.

Commencement

2. These Regulations come into operation on 1 March 2017.

Definition

3. In these Regulations “No. 4 Regulations of 2016” means the Housing Assistance Payment (Amendment)(No. 4) Regulations 2016 ( S.I. No. 575 of 2016 ).

Maximum rent limits

4. Regulation 10 of the Housing Assistance Payment Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 407 of 2014 ) is amended—

(a) in paragraph (3) (inserted by the Housing Assistance Payment (Amendment)(No. 4) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 474 of 2015 )) by substituting the following for subparagraph (b) (inserted by the No. 4 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,

Dublin City Council,

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council,

Fingal 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. 4 Regulations of 2016) to that Regulation:

“TABLE

MAXIMUM MONTHLY RENT LIMITS

Household class

Local authority administrative area (1)

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

Clare County 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

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

430

500

660

900

1,250

1,275

1,300

Fingal County Council

430

500

660

900

1,250

1,275

1,300

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 County Council

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 Dublin County 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

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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,

27 February 2017.

PASCHAL DONOHOE,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

27 February 2017.

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 amend the Housing Assistance Payment Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 407 of 2014 ), as last amended by the Housing Assistance Payment (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2016 ( S.I. No. 575 of 2016 ), by in effect prescribing new maximum rent limits that will apply for the purposes of the Housing Assistance Payment scheme in the administrative area of Fingal County Council (from 1 March 2017).

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 per cent in all local authority administrative areas, where this is necessary to source suitable accommodation for a household that is qualified for social housing support.