Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

In the context of the savings to be effected in this area and others, has any kind of approach been made to the members of the Judiciary to suggest they voluntarily reduce their salaries by an equivalent of the pension levy which is being imposed on everyone else in the public service? I understand there may be constitutional difficulties with reducing judges' salaries, but I am not sure there would be a difficulty in constitutional terms in requiring judges to contribute towards their pensions.

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