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Under the Constitution a judge's salary may not be reduced during their term of office. This is intended to protect the independence of the judiciary and prevent governments from imposing pay cuts as a reprisal for judgments with which they disagree.
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were established for the two referendums, on 5 September for the 29th Amendment and on 13 September for the 30th Amendment. The commissions have the same membership, being chaired by retired judge Bryan McMahon, with ex-officio members the
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found the Oireachtas did not have an inherent power to conduct inquiries, and that it overstepped its jurisdiction when it set up the Abbeylara inquiry into the shooting of
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said the information provided to voters in advance of polling in the two constitutional referendums was "tardy and inadequate".
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salaries. This became contentious in the context of widespread salary cuts during the
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The Twenty-ninth Amendment is a proposal to remove the ban on reducing
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on 27 October 2011, each on a proposed amendment of the
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referendum
Ireland
Constitution of Ireland
Oireachtas
2011 presidential election
a Dáil by-election in Dublin West
Irish Council for Civil Liberties
Twenty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
judicial
Irish financial crisis
Referendum passed
Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2011
full investigative powers
Oireachtas
committees
Supreme Court of Ireland
John Carthy
Abbeylara
County Longford
Referendum failed
Referendum Commissions
clerks
Dáil Éireann
Seanad Éireann
Ombudsman
Comptroller and Auditor General
Constitutional amendment
Politics of the Republic of Ireland
History of the Republic of Ireland
"Date set for presidential poll"

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