Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I might come back to the witness on that point. There is much material in the statement concerning savings, efficiencies, modernisation and so on. Some of the difficulties in regard to the Courts Service relate to the time that people have to wait, particularly at District Court level where it can taken an inordinate length of time for cases to be heard. Does the modernisation programme include timescales for dealing with cases because some escalate to higher courts due to delays at District Court level.