Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) (Amendment) (No. 1) (Rent Supplement) Regulations S.I. No. 340/2016

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 5th July, 2016.

I, LEO VARADKAR, Minister for Social Protection, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 4 (amended by section 96 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 10 of 2011)) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26 of 2005), and by section 198(3E) (inserted by section 14 of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 (No. 22 of 2008)) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 , with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and construction

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) (Amendment) (No. 1) (Rent Supplement) Regulations 2016.

(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) Regulations 2007 to 2015 shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) Regulations 2007 to 2016.

Commencement

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

Maximum rent limits

3. The Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 412 of 2007 ) are amended by the substitution of the following Schedule for Schedule 1 (amended by Article 5 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare) Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 604 of 2014 )):

“SCHEDULE 1

Article 9

Maximum Monthly Rent Limits

Location (1)	Single person in shared accomm- odation (2)	Couple in shared accomm- odation (3)	Single person (4)	Couple with no qualified children (5)	Couple with 1 qualified child or one-parent family with 1 qualified child(6)	Couple with 2 qualified children or one- parent family with 2 qualified children(7)	Couple with 3 qualified children or one-parent family with 3 qualified children(8)
Dublin: Fingal	€400	€440	€660	€900	€1,150	€1,175	€1,200
Dublin:Dun Laoghaire/ Rathdown,South Dublin,Dublin City	430	500	660	900	1,250	1,275	1,300
Carlow	270	290	440	510	570	600	630
Cavan	190	220	380	420	450	470	490
Clare	220	240	360	400	480	515	550
Cork	300	330	550	650	900	925	950
Donegal	200	230	340	370	410	470	520
Galway	330	360	575	650	850	875	900
Kerry	200	230	380	410	525	550	575
Kildare	290	350	500	585	800	835	870
Kilkenny	230	270	480	530	630	660	690
Laois	240	280	420	433	580	610	630
Leitrim	200	220	340	370	450	475	500
Limerick	270	300	420	450	650	700	750
Longford	180	200	330	350	400	425	450
Louth	250	290	460	480	660	690	720
Mayo	200	220	390	410	480	500	520
Meath	240	310	460	500	730	740	750
Monaghan	200	220	330	390	500	515	530
Offaly	210	230	380	433	550	575	600
Roscommon	240	260	360	390	500	525	550
Sligo	220	250	460	490	550	575	600
Tipperary	210	230	380	420	525	560	600
Waterford	240	270	430	450	550	575	600
Westmeath	220	240	450	470	600	625	650
Wexford	280	300	420	433	530	565	600
Wicklow	250	300	440	475	700	735	770

”.

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

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

30 June 2016.

PASCHAL DONOHOE,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

30 June 2016.

LEO VARADKAR,

Minister for Social Protection.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations provide for new maximum monthly rent limits for the purposes of the payment of the Rent Supplement under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance scheme. These new limits come into operation on 1 July 2016.

Irish Statutory Instruments

S.I. No. 340/2016 - Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) (Amendment) (No. 1) (Rent Supplement) Regulations 2016.

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