| party | administrative panel | agricultural panel | cultural and educational panel | industrial and commercial panel | labour panel | national university of ireland | university of dublin | nominated by the taoiseach | total |
| fianna fáil | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| fine gael | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| labour party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| clann na talmhan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| total | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 60 |