Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) Act, 1982
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Rent allowances for tenants. |
23.—(1) The Minister for Social Welfare may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, make regulations for the payment out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas of allowances to the tenants of dwellings to which section 8 (1) relates who would otherwise suffer hardship by reason of increases in the rents of their dwellings. | |
(2) Entitlement to an allowance and the amount and the payment thereof shall be subject to such conditions and limitations as may be specified in the regulations. | ||
(3) Subsections (2) and (3) of section 3 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981 , shall have effect in relation to regulations under this section and the regulations may apply (with or without modification), or make provisions corresponding (with or without modification) to, any other provisions of, or any provisions made under, that Act. | ||
(4) Any expenses incurred by the Minister for Social Welfare or any other Minister in carrying this section into effect shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas. |