David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I was interested in what the Minister said regarding the Constitution.Under the Constitution one cannot discriminate against a subset of a group. The Minister’s predecessor, Brian Lenihan, by selecting from the public servants Members of the Oireachtas alone to suffer the complete abolition of increments accorded selective treatment to a subset of the public service. That seems to open the way to legal action because it appears to be against the Constitution. A small subset of the Civil Service is being discriminated against and is the subject of selective treatment.