Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Ceann Comhairle) | Oireachtas source

It is not my understanding that that happened. As I said, ruling No. 221 provides that in circumstances where the Chair deems it necessary and it would have been necessary in the emergency situation that was described to me and in compliance with what I understood to be the wish of Government. The House has been adjourned before in quite different circumstances. When Seán Barrett was in the Chair, we had an incident here involving a Deputy who decided to sit-in for a period of time and eventually the House was adjourned in similar circumstances.

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