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Mon 06 Jun 2009Ministers disappointed so few judges taking pay deductions
TWO MINISTERS have expressed unhappiness at the number of judges who have so far made voluntary contributions in lieu of the pension levy imposed on all public servants.
Minister for Health Mary Harney last night said that she was disappointed that only 19 out of the State’s 148 judges had made the contribution to date. However, she believed the judiciary would respond and “show solidarity with those people that are losing their jobs and people who had to take a big hit in their incomes”.
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