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

I move amendment No. 29:

In page 58, to delete lines 3 to 6 and substitute the following:“ “(2) (a) In this section references to rent include a rent contribution payable by a tenant under a Chapter 4 tenancy agreement.
(b) In this section, other than subsection (6)(h), references to rent include a rent contribution payable under section 42 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014by a tenant who is a member of a qualified household within the meaning of section 33of that Act.”.”.

This amendment is necessary to update, with one exception, references to rent in section 31 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 to include references to rent contributions payable by tenants who are members of households benefiting from housing assistance. The one exception is the reference to rent in section 31(6)(h). The latter is a new subsection which is being inserted by amendment No. 51 and it will provide for the matters to which housing authorities shall have regard in determining rent and other charges during a transitional period for existing local authority tenants only. As all HAP recipients paying rent contributions to housing authorities under section 31 of the 2009 Act will be new entrants to the scheme, no transitional arrangements will be necessary for them. As a result, section 31(6)(h) will not apply to them.