Mr. Micheál P. O'Higgins:

I do not have those figures, but we welcome the indication that six additional judges will be appointed to the Court of Appeal to deal with the great backlog at the appellate tier of the system. That commitment has been given and we understand it to be in train. It will ease the burden, but it will not cure the problem. It certainly will not address the problem of not having sufficient judges at the High Court, Circuit Court and District Court levels. It is a start towards that, but more needs to be done under that heading.