An arrangement of the kind concerned is in place between the Rent Tribunal and the Private Residential Tenancies Board, as set out in the following table. The Rent Tribunal was established under the Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) (Amendment) Act 1983, for the purpose of determining the terms of the tenancies (including the rent) of dwellings formally controlled under the Rent Restrictions Acts. The merger of the Rent Tribunal and the PRTB was announced in 2009 on foot of a Government decision on the rationalisation of state agencies.
The merger of these two bodies has been in place on an administrative basis since 1 October 2009; administrative support services to the Rent Tribunal are provided by the PRTB and the Chairperson of the PRTB is the Chairperson of the Rent Tribunal. The Residential Tenancies (Amendment) ( No. 2 ) Bill 2012, which is currently before the Oireachtas, will give legislative effect to the merger and provides for the dissolution of the Rent Tribunal.
The operational costs of the Rent Tribunal since 1 October 2009 have been borne by the Private Residential Tenancies Board.
In addition, while not considered an administrative arrangement within the scope of the question, my Department engages the services of Pobal for the provision of services across a number of programmes, including the Local and Community Development Programme, Dormant Accounts Measures and the Scheme to Support National Organisations. Some €2.6m was provided for this purpose in 2013.
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Name of Party to the Administrative Arrangement
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Duration of Administrative Arrangement
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Cost recovery value of the Administrative Arrangement
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Rent Tribunal & Private Residential Tenancies Board
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Since 2009
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The operational costs of the Rent Tribunal since 1 October 2009 have been borne by the PRTB.
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