Labour’s Ged Nash said that the Ceann Comhairle needed to show that she is ‘not in any way partisan’.

Micheál Martin said it was a ‘bit rich’ for the opposition to blame the Ceann Comhairle after creating widespread disruption.

The Ceann Comhairle faces a confidence motion on Tuesday over her handling of a vote which cut opposition speaking rights

The vote was tabled after the opposition accused her of partisanship over her handling of their protest in the Dáil last week.

‘The behaviour in the Dáil (in the) last week, if you saw it from your children, you would have been disappointed,’ Tánaiste Simon Harris said.

Sinn Féin chief whip Padraig Mac Lochlainn said in correspondence to Ceann Chomhairle Verona Murphy on Thursday that there are “three fundamental issues” in how Tuesday’s disorder was handled.

Verona Murphy will have the backing of Government parties, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, as well as Government-supporting independent TDs.

'The Ceann Comhairle herself has acknowledged that it was Michael Lowry who was the mechanism and the channel through which she came to that position', the Sinn Féin leader said.

The clerk of the Dáil concluded that the Ceann Comhairle acted according to the rules and her powers

Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy also ‘categorically’ rejected the opposition’s accusations of partiality.

Here's everything you need to know about the speaking rights row

Amid widespread disruption in the Dáil on Tuesday as the Government sought to pass new rules on speaking rights, Verona Murphy announced that the order of the business had been agreed.

Independent TD Michael Lowry also said it was not made with malicious intent.

Verona Murphy is facing criticism for her handling of an acrimonious sitting on Tuesday when contentious changes to speaking rights were voted through.

Opposition leaders are to meet on Wednesday morning after the Dail was disrupted amid a row on speaking time changes.

There were chaotic scenes of shouting, interruptions and allegations of misogyny on Tuesday as tension over the speaking rights row boiled over.

Michael Lowry, who is at the centre of a dispute that divided the Dáil, stuck two fingers up to members of the opposition as proceedings were adjourned amid chaotic scenes.

In a statement released on Tuesday evening, Micheál Martin said that "despite listening respectfully to the questions posed by opposition deputies, my attempts to answer were constantly and systematically interrupted and shouted down".

The Tipperary North TD has been contacted for comment after he was caught apparently giving a V-sign in a video recorded by People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy.

Video footage shows Michael Lowry making a gesture towards the camera as the chants of ‘shame’ reverberate around the Dáil.

The coalition is bringing forward significant modifications to the standing orders of the Dáil.

The Taoiseach’s Questions slot in the Dáil was not ‘being used as well as the Opposition claims’, Micheál Martin said.

The Department of Children has ‘secured sanction’ to fund projects to help children with additional needs.

Dublin TD Paul Murphy said there was ‘a direct undermining of the capacity of the opposition to hold the government to account’.

Micheál Martin’s Government has been accused of attempting to ‘force through’ changes to Dail standing orders.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin was told the Dáil speaking rights row was an "affront to Irish democracy" and asked "is this the start of a dictatorship?".

Mary Lou McDonald vowed that opposition parties will ‘face the Government down’ on the deepening row.

Senator Gerard Craughwell claims an agreement exists allowing the RAF to intercept hostile aircraft posing a threat to Ireland and UK

Micheál Martin said he was focused on his work as Taoiseach

An Independent TD who became a junior minister has highlighted a gap in speaking time for members of Government and those in Opposition.

That is despite the house sitting just once in December

The Dáil speaking rights row looks set to escalate further after tense exchanges on Thursday afternoon

A Fianna Fáil TD has argued that the Government's speaking rights proposal is a "positive", despite opposition criticism

Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon accused the Government of ramming ‘undemocratic’ proposals through the Dail.

Opposition leaders have renewed their calls to meet with the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste to resolve the row

The Government move was voted through by the Dáil Reform Committee on a margin of 10 votes to eight

The Opposition has accused the Government of abandoning a commitment to find a solution by working with them.

It came amid a series of interruptions in the Dáil.

The Dáil Reform Committee will meet later for a showdown between Opposition and Government on how Michael Lowry and his Independents will get speaking time

The government had the speaking time in the Dáil, he told RTÉ radio’s Today with Claire Byrne show.

The dispute led to the suspension of the house and a delay in Micheál Martin’s nomination as Taoiseach.

The reform would see MLAs and Northern Ireland MPs contributing to debates.

Opposition parties have put forward a range of proposals.