While some element of delay is inevitable in the court system the situation differs from court to court. For instance, I am told there are little or no delays in the hearing of cases in the Supreme Court. In the case of the High Court the waiting time for the hearing of personal injuries actions is quite small, sometimes ten days between setting down and hearing. In respect of other cases, outside Dublin they are generally included in the next sitting of the High Court. The average waiting time for the hearing of a judicial review, however, is between six and nine months. Major efforts have been made by the Courts Service in conjunction with the Judiciary to reduce waiting times in criminal law and family law matters. Extra criminal courts have been held and waiting times have been reduced. Nonetheless, the waiting time in the Central Criminal Court is still a subject of great worry to me and to the Judiciary. I must address that delay because justice delayed is justice denied. Justice delayed sometimes is justice diluted in terms of the capacity of the State to bring forward prosecutions in a timely fashion.