As regards family law, the Courts Service has advised me that the waiting time for the hearing of applications for divorce and judicial separation is on average four months in most parts of the country. In Dublin – where up to 40% of all divorces cases and approximately 25% of judicial separation applications are heard – there is a four week waiting time if the divorce is by consent and 12 weeks if the divorce is contested. However, there are some venues outside Dublin where waiting times are longer.