The Dáil will vote next Tuesday on a confidence motion in the Ceann Comhairle as the Government continues to strongly back Verona Murphy.
Five opposition parties have tabled a motion which states that the Ceann Comhairle no longer retains the confidence of all members of Dáil Éireann.
The Ceann Comhairle has "categorically" rejected what she said were the "totally unfounded allegations" around her part in the Dáil speaking rights row on Tuesday, and fully intends to continue in her role.
The opposition had alleged that she colluded with the Government parties to get the new speaking times for the Regional TDs and coalition backbenchers over the line.
However, Ms Murphy insisted that she has at all times followed the correct procedures of the House and the advice of impartial officials.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin last night said that there cannot be a situation where the Ceann Comhairle only stays in office if they obey the diktat of opposition.
Fine Gael deputy leader Helen McEntee confirmed that the motion of no confidence in the Ceann Comhairle will be countered with a confidence motion from the Government.
A number of TDs at the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party also said Michael Lowry's gesture in the chamber on Tuesday was completely inappropriate.
The meeting also heard claims that the opposition had sought to intimidate the Ceann Comhairle.
The five main Opposition parties - Sinn Féin, Labour, the Social Democrats, Independent Ireland and Solidarity-People Before Profit - confirmed they will officially table a no confidence motion in the Ceann Comhairle tomorrow.
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Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said the loss of confidence in the Ceann Comhairle is "felt widely across opposition benches".
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Ms McDonald said it was a "terrible, terrible pity that it has come to this".
She said it was a result of the "Government deal" struck between Mr Martin, Simon Harris and Michael Lowry.
"That has been the seeds of each of these controversies. The farce of allowing Government TDs to act as opposition TDs, turning logic and democracy on its head, the fact that the Ceann Comhairle's position itself was part and parcel of brokering that deal," she said.
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"The Ceann Comhairle herself has acknowledged that Michael Lowry was the mechanism and the channel through which she came to that position ... I had hoped that we would see impartiality and independence because that's at the heart of the Ceann Comhairle fulfilling their function and allowing us all to get on with our work.
"But that I’m afraid has now been decimated on the floor of the Dáil and we find ourselves at this sorry pass."
Deputy McDonald said there must be a clear understanding that the Government exercises its prerogatives and that the opposition does its job, and a Ceann Comhairle cannot come into the Chamber and "act simply to advance and push through the Government's agenda".
She said it is "unprecedented" that there is a confidence motion such as this signed across the opposition benches.
She also said that the live proceedings from that day "do not tally" with the report that was produced.
"So there is a question mark around the order of business," she added.
"The Clerk (of the Dáil) has acted absolutely in good faith, there is no question in my mind about that, but the report itself is flawed. I have read the report, I have also reviewed the video that is on the official Oireachtas website and it's clear that a vote was called for on the order of business.
"When a vote is called, a vote has to happen. That was not the case," she said.
Minister of State Niall Collins said there was a display of "attempted mob rule and bullying" in the Dáil during the week.
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"The way that opposition framed this debate from the start: That it was either total government or total opposition is not the case in reality, and that's the case the world over.
"There are people, members of parliament, right across the world, partaking in their parliamentary duties who from time to time support government, and who from time to time don't."
