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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 February 2012

Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Ceisteanna (200)

Jerry Buttimer

Ceist:

199 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total cost of the operation of the Private Residential Tenancies Board; if he will provide a breakdown of the expenditure incurred in the following areas, the cost of full-time administrative staff, the cost of independent adjudicators, the cost of tribunals and the total number of tribunals conducted in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8825/12]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Deputy Jan O’Sullivan)

I have no function in the operational matters of the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB), an independent statutory body established under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 on 1 September 2004. While the PRTB received Exchequer funding for a number of years, it has operated on a self-financing basis since 2010.

Details of the Board's income and expenditure are published in its annual report and accounts, which are available on the PRTB website www.prtb.ie. The most recently available accounts relate to 2010 and will be published shortly. The total expenditure for the year ended 31 December 2010 was €7.7 million.