State during the 1980s. In 2018, he noted the difficulty posed to the court in not having enough judges to hear appeals. There was a change in legislation in 2019 to increase the number of judges in order to speed up the appellate process, increasing the number of Court of Appeal judges to fifteen. References 1954 births Living people Fine Gael TDs Politicians from County Dublin Members of the 22nd Dáil Members of the 23rd Dáil Members of the 24th Dáil Members of the 25th Dáil Ministers of State of the 24th Dáil High Court judges (Ireland) Irish barristers Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Presidents of the Court of Appeal (Ireland) Alumni of King's Inns