'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.

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

Here, we have a look at the issues likely to dominate political discourse in the week to come

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?".

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

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