Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On the barristers dispute, I do not think the criminal justice system is collapsing. This is a one-day withdrawal of labour. Barristers are protesting and they have every right to protest. We live in a democracy. I can understand the case they are making. Just like public servants and the vast majority of people across the public and private sector, they have seen their pay and fees restored but that has to be done by negotiation. It was always understood that it would have to be done as part of the budget for next year-----

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