James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)

I took the Ceann Comhairle at his word yesterday when he suggested I should table a question on this issue. I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the inequality arising from the exemption of judges from the payment of the pension levy which, although appearing to be justified under Article 35° of Bunreacht na hÉireann that safeguards the remuneration of the Judiciary, is open to debate as such a levy could be said to be a form of taxation and the imposition of same is not in fact contravening the constitutional safeguard of said remuneration.

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