Oireachtas committees: Sinn Féin takes chair of powerful PAC

Sinn Féin's chairing of the PAC is in keeping with long-standing convention as the largest opposition party

An Oireachtas committee meeting in 2023. The Government will take on chairs of the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Transport, Education, European Affairs, Agriculture, Enterprise, Climate, Members Interests, Children and Artificial Intelligence.

Sinn Féin will take the chair of the powerful Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee (PAC), it has been announced following a behind-closed-doors meeting on Thursday. 

As well as the PAC, Sinn Féin takes up the chairs of the Finance, Justice, Disability Matters, Defence, Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, and Public Petitions committees.