Could the Minister give us an outline of his own ideas relative to the commitment in the Fianna Fáil manifesto that the administration of the courts would be revised and improved in view of the fact that justice delayed is justice denied and also relative to new, informal and less institutionalised procedures and tribunals established in relation to family law? What exactly does the Minister have in mind behind these commitments?

I am in the process of putting together a package in this particular area which I shall have ready as soon as possible and the value of which, I am sure, the Deputy will appreciate when it is available.

Without being unfair to the Minister, may I take it that these commitments were entered into without any thought as to how they would be implemented?

The Deputy would be very unwise if he thought that.

When may we expect to have this package?

May I say that the Fianna Fáil manifesto is the programme of the Fianna Fáil Party which the Government will implement while that party is in Government.

Is it too early to ask for any details of how any of these commitments will be implemented?

If the Deputy is worried that these commitments will not be implemented, I would like to assure him now that he need have no anxiety at all with regard to them.

Having regard to the very poor track record of court committees for either speed or radicalism in reform, would the Minister consider making his own decisions without waiting for this snail of a court committee to arrive at its destination?

Deputy Ryan should be one Deputy who knows full well what happens when he goes off at half cock under his own steam without fully considering everything that has to be considered and without taking advice from those competent to give advice.

If reform is dependent on court committees, I can assure the Minister it will never occur and the track record proves that. It is over-weighted by those who want to preserve the establishment and the status quo.

I am quite prepared to give the committee a chance and I can assure the Deputy, and the House, if there is any semblance of a snail's pace, I will get that snail off the ground ever so quickly.

I have warned the Minister.