The Sinn Féin President, Gerry Adams, has assured the Taoiseach that his party was not involved in an intelligence-gathering operation at Stormont.
Speaking after meeting Bertie Ahern in Dublin, Mr Adams said Republicans would have to be very stupid to be involved in such an operation when they were trying to keep the institutions up and running.
Mr Adams said that it had been important that the Taoiseach had spoken against suspension of the institutions.
DUP to withdraw ministers
Meanwhile, The Democratic Unionist Party is set to pull its two ministers out of the power-sharing executive at Stormont tomorrow.
DUP representatives walked out today, having handed in conditional letters of resignation from Peter Robinson and Nigel Dodds.
This move was designed to put pressure on the Ulster Unionists to bring down the Executive first.
Responding to the news, Gerry Adams said if they leave they will have to return.
Ahern opposes suspension of institutions
The Taoiseach earlier said he opposes the suspension of the institutions set up under the Good Friday Agreement following the PSNI raid on Sinn Féin offices in Stormont on Friday.
Mr Ahern called on the Ulster Unionist leader, David Trimble, to wait for court verdicts on arrested Sinn Féin activists before making any decisions in relation to the future of the process.
The SDLP leader, Mark Durkan, has said the nature and scale of Friday's police raid posed a number of serious questions, including some for Sinn Féin.
The Northern Secretary, Dr John Reid, said the peace process was facing its gravest crisis.
Senator Martin Mansergh said the reasons for the raid on Sinn Féin's offices had yet to be justified.
The Taoiseach's former advisor on the North said it was important for people to keep an open mind on the developments and not to make pre-judgements.
