Labour TD for Tipperary, Alan Kelly. Photo: Niall Carson/PA.
Backbench Government TDs and Opposition deputies are being assigned €10,000 per year jobs as Oireachtas committee chairperson roles are divvied out between political parties.
Government TDs will chair a total of 15 committees, with the rest divided up between opposition parties.
Fianna Fáil TD Erin McGreehan has been appointed the chairperson of the Oireachtas Committee for Further and Higher Education.
Erin McGreehan, Fianna Fáil.
Longford TD Micheál Carrigy will chair the Committee on Housing, while Dún Laoghaire TD Barry Ward will chair the Committee on EU affairs.
The Social Democrats have also appointed their chairpersons, with Gary Gannon chairing the Committee on Drug Use and Pádraig Rice chairing the Committee on Health.
Meanwhile, Tipperary TD Alan Kelly will chair the Media, Arts and Culture Committee, which was at the centre of scrutinising the RTÉ payments scandal.
The rest of the committee chair roles are to be revealed in due course.
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