Seanad debates
Thursday, 9 July 2015
Employment Equality (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage
Government amendment No. 17: In page 4, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following:"Amendment of section 6 of Act of 2000 14. Section 6 of the Act of 2000 is amended—(a) in subsection (1)(c), by the substitution of "subject to subsection (1A), providing accommodation" for "providing accommodation", (b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):"(1A) Subsection (1)(c) is without prejudice to—(a) any enactment or rule of law regulating the provision of accommodation, or (b) the right of a person providing accommodation to make it a condition of the provision of that accommodation that rent supplement is paid directly to that person.",and (c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (7):"(8) In this section, 'rent supplement' means a payment made under section 198(3) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 towards the amount of rent payable by a person in respect of his or her residence.".".
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