Control of Oireachtas committees divided up between parties

Mary Lou McDonald said she has someone in mind to chair the Public Accounts Committee, but did not say who. Picture:Gareth Chaney/Collins

Government and opposition parties have divided up control of the Oireachtas committees in a move which will see all groups and factions in the Dáil represented at hearings.

Some 17 committees have been divided up amongst parties, with the Coalition parties chairing most of these.