Sinn Féin chooses John Brady to chair Dáil's Public Accounts Committee

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John Brady will be chair of the Dáil’s powerful Public Accounts Committee. File photo: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

John Brady, a Sinn Féin TD for Wicklow, has been appointed as chair of the Dáil’s powerful Public Accounts Committee.

There had been months of delays to appoint committees and their chairs, after the Dáil’s speaking rights row disrupted their formation.