Frank Feighan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We have an arrangement here whereby the Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts is from the main opposition party, and it brings the Government to task effectively. It is a very powerful brief. Paul Maskey MP said that it works fine. Is there a balance in between the two or any compromise in that regard? I am not saying either one of them works in one way or the other, but when parties are in opposition it is very powerful to have the chair of the Committee of Public Accounts. It certainly holds the Government to account.