Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is outrageous for anybody to even suggest that anything the Ceann Comhairle did was anything other than acting in the best interests of this House. Given the basis of the information the Ceann Comhairle was given at the time he was given it, he was acting in what I would call the utmost of good faith.

Rather than going along the lines of Deputy Alan Kelly's proposal and having a post mortem on the last couple of hours around what happened, who said what to whom, and when they said it, perhaps it would be more progressive to discuss what way we shall go forward for the next few days and for the next week. I believe the people of Ireland would like to see us discussing what way we will go forward, rather than analysing that last hours and if there was a hiccup, a mix-up or a problem.

The one thing nobody has said yet is that we hope everyone who is self-isolating and who has this difficulty will be well. We want to continue with our work and to lay out our programme of work. For anybody to try to find fault with the Ceann Comhairle's work ethic would be beyond contempt-----

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