Louis O'Hara (Galway East, Sinn Fein)

I thank the witnesses for their time. I will pick up on staffing and resourcing. The 2025 EU justice scorecard has ranked Ireland at the bottom of EU member states in terms of judges. On this list, I think it was mentioned that another judge and six supporting staff would be a help or would put the Courts Service in a position to deal with cases in a timely manner. Is that the case? What kind of difference would that make? I am sure the increase in cases is causing significant challenges. They mentioned they are expecting more judges this year. I am unfamiliar with the process of how that works, so how certain are they that additional judges will be in place? I also have an overall question about whether enough judges are being trained. I am again unfamiliar, but does the Courts Service have a role in this, and what is being done to increase the numbers?