John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Ceann Comhairle)

I do not like to suspend the House because that is not an ideal situation. To be fair to Members, it is not something we have had to do on many occasions because there is usually co-operation across all sides of the House. Unfortunately, however, if Members rise in their places without being called and if they do not acknowledge or speak through the Chair, we will have a problem and our business will descend into chaos. It is just a question of reverting to normality.

The Taoiseach might be the first to speak.

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