Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

While I welcome the increase in respect of 24 judges the Minister mentioned, is it intended to recruit yet more judges? There are still huge delays in how long it takes a trial to get on. A criminal trial being delayed causes problems for the victim, for the accused, especially for an accused who may later be found not guilty, and for the administration of justice generally. The additional judges are welcome but we are still fairly low internationally in respect of the numbers of judges per head of population and the numbers of judges needed for an effective justice system. Can we have some more, please?