Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

I wish to ask the Taoiseach about two matters of legislation. No. 90 on today's Order Paper is the Twenty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2009. This is a Bill designed at a time of economic emergency to facilitate the Government to apply the same level of public service remuneration reductions to members of the Judiciary as have been applied to other people. It was published by Fine Gael in advance of the 2009 budget. There have been two budgets in which public sector wage reductions have been applied, neither of which applied to members of the Judiciary.

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