Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has said any suggestion that there was political interference in Ireland's judicial system would do great damage to its international reputation.
He was responding to reported comments in the Sunday Business Post by High Court judge Mr Justice Peter Kelly.
Mr Justice Kelly is said to have accused the Government of demolishing the country's judicial system "brick by brick" through its handling of a range of issues.
These include judges' pay and pensions and the appointment of new judges.
Mr Shatter said he did not believe that Mr Justice Kelly intended to imply anything other than all his colleagues in the country's courts independently and properly determine cases.
He said: "I do believe it is unfortunate if Constitutionally sanctioned pay reductions that have affected the judiciary were presented as an attack on judicial independence because we had a referendum on the issue.
"The overwhelming majority of people were of the view that whilst judges undertake vitally important and onerous duties, this shouldn't render the judiciary immune from the consequences of the State's enormous fiscal difficulties."
Mr Shatter said it was important to be clear that there was no political interference in Irish courts.
The minister also said the Government would never do anything to undermine the independence of the judiciary.
He added: "I think it's very important in the interests of the State, in the interests indeed of everyone living in the country that people fully understand that our courts are independent,"
He added and, "that they will remain independent and that the Government will do nothing, has no intention of doing anything to undermine that independence and that that's understood outside the State."
Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte has said there is no intention on the part of anybody in Government to transgress the Constitutional principle of the separation of powers.
Mr Rabbitte said the advice the Government had in respect of judges' pay was that it was necessary to have a Constitutional referendum.
He said the move to reduce judges' pay was no more than a fiscal and financial measure, because of the economic crisis.
The minister added that there was no intention in any way to cross the boundary in terms of judicial independence.
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