Verona Murphy

Thank you, Deputy.

Deputy Carthy, you are out of order. Please resume your seat.

Please allow me-----

Deputy Carthy, you are out of order. Please resume your seat.

I am afraid-----

Deputy, I am going to give you one opportunity-----

One opportunity.

I will have to suspend the House, I am afraid.

Resume your seats. Thank you. We will suspend.

Deputies, please resume your seats. I am left with no option but to suspend the House for 15 minutes.

As Deputies will all be aware, we have entered a process. I have given an undertaking to Members, categorically, to deal with that process expeditiously. "Expeditiously" means before the resumption of Dáil Éireann on 5 February.

I am now going to put the question.

Deputies who are in favour of the motion say "Tá".

Deputies who are against, say "Níl".

The question is carried.

We now move to the next business, which is Nomination of Taoiseach, pursuant to Article------

Deputies, please resume your seats. The question has-----

We can suspend the House again if Deputies cannot resume their seats.

I suspend the House for 30 minutes. Thank you, Deputies.

I now call on the Government Chief Whip to make a brief statement.

Is that agreed?

Is that agreed? Agreed. The House will suspend for 45 minutes.

I call on the Chief Whip.

I will proceed with the Order of Business. The next item of business is the Nomination of Taoiseach-----

-----pursuant to Article 13.1 of the Constitution.