Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2026
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Amendment of section 146 of Principal Act | ||
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20. Section 146 of the Principal Act is amended— | ||
(a) by the substitution of “necessary and proportionate” for “reasonably necessary” in each place where it occurs, | ||
(b) in subsection (4), by the substitution of “functions under Chapter 9 of Part 3 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 and for the purposes of administering the application for, and payment of, financial contributions under Part 2 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 ” for “functions under Chapter 11 of Part III of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1993 ”, and | ||
(c) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (4): | ||
“(5) Where the Board considers that it is necessary and proportionate for the performance by the Board of its functions, the Board may request Sustainable Energy Ireland – the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (in this section referred to as the ‘SEAI’) to supply the Board with the following information in relation to a dwelling: | ||
(a) the floor area; | ||
(b) the BER. | ||
(6) The SEAI shall comply with a request under subsection (5) in so far as the information requested is in its possession. | ||
(7) The Board shall, at such intervals as are specified by the SEAI, supply to that body such information in the possession of the Board as falls within any class of information specified by the SEAI for the purpose of this subsection, being a class of information the supply of which to the SEAI is necessary and proportionate for the performance by the SEAI of its functions under the Sustainable Energy Act 2002 .”. |