Sir, – Whatever happened to the much vaunted role of An Seanad in debating legislative proposals? Few would argue with the objectives of the Judicial Remuneration Bill but I would have been interested to hear the opinions of our learned Senators on the Houses of the Oireachtas (Powers of Inquiry) Bill which has far more serious implications than the “race to the Áras”. Another reason for abolishing that anaemic and powerless institution? – Yours, etc,
Sir, – Judges’ pay . . . benchmarking, perhaps ? – Yours, etc,