Living in Ireland e-brochure

Paying your HAP If your rent fails to be automatically deducted, please make arrangements to pay your weekly rent using one of the following methods: 1. Online at https://happayments.limerick.ie ( HAP Recipient ID and password required) 2. Phoning 061-556600 (HAP Recipient ID and password required) 3. HAP Bill Pay Card (issued within 10 days of start day) in any Post Office or any shop displaying the sign to pay your weekly rent. Your local PostPoint shop can be located on www.postpoint.ie. Ending a tenancy If you have a lease agreement normally you cannot terminate your tenancy unless your landlord is in breach of his/her obligations. If you break a lease without having reasonable grounds to do so or do not give the correct notice of termination, you may lose your deposit and have to cover expenses such as re-advertising, re-letting costs or lost rent. Where you wish to end your tenancy you must give notice of termination in writing. (Email, text or verbal notice is not valid under the law). The amount of notice you are required to give depends on how long you have been in your tenancy. The normal notice periods are:

Duration of Tenancy Less than 6 months

Notice Period

28 days 35 days

Not less than 6 months but less than 1 year

More than 1 year but less than 2 years

42 days

More than 2 years but less than 4 years

56 days

More than 4 years but less than 8 years

84 days

8 years or more

112 days

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OTE The tenant is responsible for the cost rent and all additional utilities

(heating/TV/electricity/bins) unless otherwise stated in writing in the tenancy agreement. Structural maintenance is generally the responsibility of the landlord or Agent.

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