Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 246: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a ruling by the Private Residential Tenancies Board (details supplied) regarding a determination order has recommended Circuit Court proceedings when the PRTB states that its very formation was to replace the use of courts for such disputes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10509/11]

Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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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, and cannot therefore comment on the specifics of any individual case.

However, the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 makes provision for enforcement by the Courts of Determination Orders made by the PRTB. If the Board or a party mentioned in a Determination Order is satisfied that another party has failed to comply with one or more terms of that order the Board or the first mentioned party may make an application to the Circuit Court in accordance with section 124 of the Act.