Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)

It was brought to the Department's attention and then it was brought to my attention on 22 December 2008. I acted with haste and I dealt with the matter on the first sitting day of the new session in January and we regularised the position.

A full audit was carried out and it was established that there were no other illegal appointments. When the issue regarding the DRC appointments was brought to the Department's attention in December 2008, it requested the PRTB to urgently commission an external audit to check compliance with the provisions of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 with regard to governance and legal structures, appointments of board and committee members and other relevant aspects relating to the governance provisions of the Act. The compliance audit was completed in January 2009 and it identified no similar issues requiring legislative correction.

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