Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 602: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the proposal to merge the Rent Tribunal into the Private Residential Tenancies Board; the date by which this merger is to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15876/09]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Preparatory work on the legislative amendments required to underpin the merger of the Rent Tribunal and the Private Residential Tenancies Board is underway in my Department. While it had been intended to introduce these amendments during the passage through the Oireachtas of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008, the need to progress other priority amendments in the context of the Bill means that this will not now be possible. Nevertheless, I intend to progress the matter through the earliest possible alternative legislative opportunity arising.