Ged Nash
Question:354. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a certain area (details supplied) is within a rent pressure zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25554/23]
View answerTuesday, 30 May 2023
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The Local Electoral Area (LEA) referred to was designated as a Rent Pressure Zone (RPZ) on 20 September 2017 under section 24 of the Residential Tenancies Acts, as amended.
New LEAs and Municipal Districts were signed into law on 31 January 2019, for the County of Louth, for the May 2019 local elections.
The County of Louth Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts Order 2018 divided the old Drogheda LEA into two new LEAs, Drogheda Rural and Drogheda Urban. It also transferred Clogher electoral division from Ardee LEA (which was a non-RPZ at that time) to Drogheda Rural LEA, which was an RPZ at that time and remains so.
Section 24A(6) of the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2022 states:
“(6) Where a local area is prescribed by order as a rent pressure zone and, subsequently, any local electoral areas are duly amended in a manner that affects the area of the local electoral area so prescribed, then the order shall continue to have effect as if the local electoral are concerned had not been so amended.”
Clogher electoral division did not fall within the boundary of Drogheda LEA when it was designated as an RPZ on 20 September 2017 nor within the boundary of the newly defined Ardee LEA when it was designated as an RPZ on 2 July 2019. Consequently, Clogher electoral area has not been designated as part of an RPZ.