S.I. No. 215/2013 - Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) (Amendment) (No. 2) (Rent Supplement) Regulations 2013.

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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 25th June, 2013.
I, JOAN BURTON, 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 (amended by section 7 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010 (No. 37 of 2010)) 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. 2) (Rent Supplement) Regulations 2013.
(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) Regulations 2007 to 2013 shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) Regulations 2007 to 2013.
Definition.
2. In these Regulations—
“Principal Regulations” means the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 412 of 2007 );
“Regulations of 2011” means the Social Welfare (Supplementary Welfare Allowance) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. No. 729 of 2011 ).
Commencement.
3. These Regulations come into operation on 17 June 2013.
Entitlement to rent supplement.
4. Article 9(2) of the Principal Regulations is amended by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (i) (amended by article 5 of the Regulations of 2011):
“(i) a designated person is satisfied that—
(i) the claimant is in need of accommodation and is unable to provide for it from his or her own resources,
(ii) the residence is reasonably suited to the residential and other needs of the claimant, and
(iii) the rent payable by the claimant is just and proper having regard to the nature, character and location of the residence,
and for this purpose, the appropriate maximum amount of rent in respect of which a supplement is payable for the period commencing on 17 June 2013 and ending on 31 December 2014 shall be—
(I) the monthly amount set out in Schedule 1 in respect of such class of claimant referred to in columns (2) to (8) of the said Schedule, and
(II) the monthly amount as determined by the Minister in respect of any other class of claimant,
having regard to the circumstances and location of the residence of such claimant,
and”.
Maximum rent limits.
5. The Principal Regulations are amended by substituting the following Schedule for Schedule 1 (amended by article 7 of the Regulations of 2011):
“SCHEDULE 1
Article 9
Maximum Monthly Rent Limits
Location (1)
Single person in shared accommodation (2)
Couple in shared accommodation (3)
Single person (4)
Couple with no children (5)
Couple with 1 child or one-parent family with 1 child (6)
Couple with 2 children or one-parent family with 2 children (7)
Couple with 3 children or one-parent family with 3 children (8)
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Dublin: Fingal
300
350
520
700
850
900
950
Dublin:

Dun Laoghaire/ Rathdown

South Dublin

Dublin City
350
400
520
750
950
975
1,000
Carlow
230
250
375
433
520
560
590
Cavan
160
190
325
350
400
415
433
Clare
190
210
320
350
400
450
500
Cork
250
270
485
575
700
725
750
Donegal
175
200
300
325
350
400
450
Galway
280
300
475
540
700
725
750
Kerry
190
220
365
390
500
520
540
Kildare
250
300
433
500
650
700
750
Kilkenny
200
230
390
430
540
565
590
Laois
200
230
340
350
450
480
520
Leitrim
175
195
300
325
350
375
400
Limerick
200
240
375
400
500
550
600
Longford
160
175
290
300
325
340
350
Louth
215
250
390
400
550
575
600
Mayo
195
215
375
390
433
465
500
Meath
200
260
390
420
550
600
650
Monaghan
180
190
300
350
400
433
450
Offaly
200
220
360
400
450
475
500
Roscommon
200
220
300
325
400
410
425
Sligo
195
220
400
425
520
540
550
Tipperary
195
220
370
400
485
500
525
Waterford
220
240
375
390
475
500
525
Westmeath
190
210
390
400
500
520
530
Wexford
250
270
375
390
500
540
575
Wicklow
240
290
425
450
600
610
625
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The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform consents to the foregoing Regulations.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
13 June 2013.
BRENDAN HOWLIN,
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
13 June 2013.
JOAN BURTON,
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 17 June 2013 and will be effective until 31 December 2014.

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