Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 25:

In page 11, before section 11, but in Part 2, to insert the following new section:13.—The Principal Act is amended by inserting the following section after section 137:

137A.—(1) The fee to accompany an application under section 134(2A) shall be—

(a) if the application is made in the period of 12 months beginning on commencement of section 3(4), a fee of €45, or
(b) if the application is made after the period referred to in paragraph (a), the prescribed fee.

(2) The requirement under section 134(3)(b)(ii) for a fee specified in this section to accompany an application under section 134 shall be regarded as satisfied, as respects the applications referred to in subsection (3), if the applicant referred to in subsection (3) opts to pay the Board a single fee of the amount specified in subsection (4) in respect of those applications.
(3) The applications referred to in subsection (2) are applications made by the same person at the same time in respect of not more than 10 tenancies of dwellings comprised in the same property.
(4) The amount of the single fee referred to in subsection (2) is—

(a) if the applications concerned are made in the period of 12 months beginning on the commencement of section 3(4), €187.50, or
(b) if the applications concerned are made after the period referred to in paragraph (a), the prescribed fee.

(5) The option of paying the single fee referred to in subsection (2) is not available to the person referred to in subsection (3) if the applications concerned are not made within the period specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of section 134(2A).
(6) If an application under section 134(2A) is not made within the period specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of section 134(2A), the application shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(7) The Minister shall, before making regulations prescribing fees under this section, section 134(8) and section 137(6)(b), consult with the Board in respect of the amount of the fees to be prescribed.
(8) When prescribing a fee, or fees, for the purposes of subsection (6), the Minister may prescribe different fees having regard to the different periods of time elapsing between the making of the application and the expiration of the period specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 134(2A).”.”.