Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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1453. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the amount of moneys spent by the Private Residential Tenancies Board on legal services in 2013, 2014 and to 30 June 2015; if he will provide a breakdown of the legal firms this money was spent on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31417/15]

Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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The Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) is an independent statutory body established on 1 September 2004 under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 and I have no function in relation to the operational matters of the Board. Consequently, my Department does not collate the information requested. The 2004 Act regulates the landlord / tenant relationship in the private rented residential sector and the PRTB is charged with the administration of the Act including, inter alia, the resolution of disputes. As a quasi-judicial body , the PRTB can incur legal costs in a number of areas including the enforcement of registrations and of determination orders made by the Board.

Details of the PRTB’s income and expenditure are published in their Annual Reports and Accounts which are available on the PRTB website at: .