Ms Angela Denning:

First, I cannot comment on policy. From a courts perspective, at the end of 2023, more judges were added into the system, and that sped up the throughput of cases right across the system, in respect of not just planning but all kinds of cases. The more judges we have, the shorter the waiting times will be. For something like judicial review, there is an inherent time built in. The parties have to exchange the papers and so on. That will always take four months at a minimum. If we had more judges and the appropriate supports for them, that would speed the process up. As to the scope and so on, that is a policy question and a matter for the Oireachtas and the policy departments to decide.