Verona Murphy will not recognise Regional Independents technical group for Dáil vote
Verona Murphy has said she will not recognise speaking time for a group of independents at the centre of a dispute that prevented the nomination of a new taoiseach.
Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy said that, during Thursday’s proceedings, she would recognise two other technical groups but not the collection of TDs that contain independents who supported the formation of the incoming government.
She is expected to seek further advice for future sittings.
It comes as the Dáil is to reconvene a day after a chaotic row over how speaking time should be allocated to the government-affiliated independents.
A meeting of opposition party leaders is taking place on Thursday morning in order to agree a resolution before the Dáil resumes.
Efforts to appoint a Taoiseach after November’s general election failed as the opposition disrupted proceedings to protest against the matter on Wednesday.
Central to the row is a move to allocate opposition speaking time to the…
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