Additional Judges Will Not Solve the Irish Judicial Backlog

 

 

Deputy Carol Nolan TD (Independent, Laois-Offaly), Dáil Éireann debate: Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed), Houses of the Oireachtas (May 30, 2023), <https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2023-05-30/11/>

Deputy Nolan discussed proposed judicial reforms and appointments, and she further stated:

 

The Government says that it is considering the appointment of several additional judges to speed up the process. However, I will make the point—one made by Mr. Seth Barrett Tillman of Maynooth University many times—that these appointments will not improve matters if the rules and traditions that guide the conduct of litigation carry on using the same or a similar procedural framework. In fact, it will just mean that whatever new courts we set up will continue to be weighed down by the exact same backlog in the exact same way as exists now. (bold added)

 

Seth Barrett Tillman, ‘Additional Judges Will Not Solve the Irish Judicial Backlog,’ New Reform Club (June 9, 2023, 9:13 AM), <https://reformclub.blogspot.com/2023/06/additional-judges-will-not-solve-irish.html>;