Section 182 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 – Limitation on certain disputes being the subject of court proceedings
Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (RTA 2004) · PART 9 – Miscellaneous
Revised Act prepared by the Law Reform Commission, updated to 1 March 2026. Amendments made after that date are not included.
(1)On and from the commencement of Part 6, proceedings may not be instituted in any court in respect of a dispute that may be referred to the Board for resolution under that Part unless one or more of the following reliefs is being claimed in the proceedings—
(a) damages of an amount of more than €20,000,
(b) recovery of arrears of rent or other charges, or both, due under a tenancy of an amount, or an aggregate amount, of more than €60,000 or such lesser amount as would be applicable in the circumstances concerned by virtue of section 115(3)(b) or (c)(ii).
(2)In this section “dispute” has the same meaning as it has in Part 6.
Provisions referred to
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Other provisions in this part
- Section 183Guidelines to Board
- Section 184Voidance of provisions designed to facilitate terminations
- Section 185Obligation to inform prospective sub-tenant of nature of tenancy
- Section 186Tenant may terminate where consent to assignment or sub-letting withheld
- Section 187Duty of management companies in relation to certain complaints
- Section 188Provision of information in relation to service charges by management companies
- Section 189Jurisdiction in aid of Part 6 resolution procedure
- Section 190Section 189: supplemental provisions
- Section 191Long occupation equity (ability to renounce entitlement to it)
- Section 192Long occupation equity (prospective abolition of entitlement to it)
- Section 193Non-application of certain enactments
- Section 194Deemed termination of tenancy to which Part 4 does not apply