Northern Ireland's Assembly members have decided who will head the Stormont committees scrutinising devolved ministers when power-sharing returns next month.
The allocation of committee chairmen and vice-chairmen follows yesterday's decisions by the four devolved government parties on the ministries they will take charge of.
Sinn Fein's incoming education minister will be held to account by the DUP after it landed the chairmanship of the Stormont Assembly's scrutiny committee.
The DUPs will also share the agriculture committee chair where it will oversee another of Sinn Féin's ministers.
Sinn Féin landed the public account committee chairmanship and will share the committee's shadowing of the DUP's finance and culture ministers.
Parties agreed on the committee chairmanships at an hour-long meeting in Stormont.
Under the deal hammered out today, the DUP also picked up the chairs of the health committee which will pit them against an Ulster Unionist minister, the social development committee which will see them square up to the SDLP's minister and also the ordered, standing orders and procedures and internal review committee.
Sinn Féin will chair the committee scrutinising the Ulster Unionist employment and learning minister.
The Ulster Unionists will chair the committee of the centre, examining the works of the First and Deputy First Minister.
The party also took the chairperson's role in the regional development committee, focusing on the work of the Sinn Féin minister.
The SDLP chose two committee chairs scrutinising the work of DUP ministers at enterprise, trade and investment and also environment.
The party also landed the chairmanship of the standards and privileges committee.
Devolved administration members
Sinn Féin yesterday announced that two of its MPs, Conor Murphy and Michelle Gildernew, and two of its Assembly team, Caitríona Ruane and Gerry Kelly, would be members of the new devolved administration.
The party chose education, regional development and agriculture as the three departments it will take charge of.
Mr Murphy is being tipped to take education while Ms Gildernew is being linked with agriculture.
Party sources suggested Ms Ruane would take the regional development post, with Mr Kelly serving as a junior minister alongside Mr McGuinness in the Office of First and Deputy First Ministers.
The Ulster Unionists will have two ministries, selecting health and employment and learning.
The nationalist SDLP's sole ministry will be social development and is expected to go to South Down MLA Margaret Ritchie.
Parties are also vying for the post of Assembly Speaker, with former SDLP Lord Mayor of Belfast, Alban Maginness, the DUP's William Hay and the Ulster Unionist's David McClarty all believed to be in contention.
There was also speculation that Sinn Féin may announce this week who its first ever members of the Northern Ireland Policing Board will be, following the decision to replace Gerry Kelly with former Belfast Lord Mayor, Alex Maskey, as Policing and Justice Spokesman.
The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, is to meet Mr Paisley, and his son, Ian Paisley Jnr, at Farmleigh House in Dublin tomorrow morning.
Mr Ahern is expected to be accompanied by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dermot Ahern.
