I wish to warmly compliment and commend the Chief Justice,. Mrs. Justice Susan Denham, for her speech yesterday at Griffith College. She has obviously proven to be a steady hand on the tiller, so to speak. As I said yesterday, all this needed was a little period of calm and reflection and I think this has been achieved.

She is a Trinity graduate.

Of course. I look forward to the Deputy Leader responding on these matters as it is up her alley, so to speak. She is another eminent legal person and a professor.

The working group has been agreed and was outlined by the Chief Justice. It will be wonderful and will deal with an agenda of items. While the traditional route through the Attorney General's office was always available and will continue to be, it will be aided and abetted by the working group or forum. I compliment everyone involved in so far as there were two sides and everyone is very pleased with the outcome. I compliment the Chief Justice once again for what she has achieved. Maybe "achieved" is the wrong word because she was always very involved. The Taoiseach met her and the Attorney General in the recent past. The Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, has regular meetings with members of the Judiciary on a wide range of matters. The proposed court of civil appeal will help to remove the backlog of cases before the Supreme Court. I look forward to the Deputy Leader's appropriate comments on that matter.