40% of Government committees do not include any female representation

There are no women on the Cabinet Covid-19 Committee, the Cabinet Health Committee, the Committee on Europe or Government Coordination

Fine Gael TD Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said the figures were 'disappointing but not surprising'. File picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Four-out-of-10 of the Government's Cabinet committees do not include any women.

Following its formation, the Government established 10 Cabinet committees on Covid-19, economic recovery, Brexit and the North, the environment, housing, health, social affairs, education, Europe, and Government co-ordination.