Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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618. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the fees and expenses paid to each member of the Private Residential Tenancies Board's dispute resolution committee for the period 2012 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45963/15]

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. The 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.

Details of the PRTB’s income and expenditure are published in the Annual Reports and Accounts which are available on the PRTB website at: . Details of the payments made to PRTB Dispute Resolution Committee members are contained in the annual reports. The most recent report is in respect of 2014; details of the fees and expenses paid to members in 2015 will be included in the 2015 Annual Report in due course.

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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619. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current number of vacancies on the Private Residential Tenancies Board's dispute resolution committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45964/15]

Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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The Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004. The primary functions of the Board are to operate a national tenancy registration system and to resolve disputes between landlords and tenants in the private rented residential sector.

Section 159 of the Act provides for a Dispute Resolution Committee (DRC) of up to 40 members including the Chairperson. Members of the committee are appointed by the Board after consultation with the Minister. The PRTB held a competitive process for new appointments to the DRC in 2014 and there are currently 40 members on the committee. There are no vacancies.

The Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015, which was enacted on 4 December 2015, provides that, inter alia, members of the Board may no longer sit on the DRC. A panel remains in place from which committee members may be drawn if required.