433. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the date on which the working Group established to advise on the appropriate indexation rate for Periodic Payment Orders submitted its final report to his Department; the date on which he approved, in principle or otherwise, the recommendations of that Working Group; the date on which formal drafting instructions were issued to the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel in respect of the regulations required to give effect to section 51I of the Civil Liability Act 1961, as amended, relating to the indexation of Periodic Payment Orders; whether the drafting of those regulations has been completed; whether the draft regulations have been circulated to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, the State Claims Agency, or any other public body for consultation or financial assessment, and if so, the dates of such circulation; the specific reasons the anticipated Q4 2025 timeline for signature and commencement of the regulations was not achieved; the revised and specific timeline by which he now intends to sign and commence the regulations required to make the Periodic Payment Order framework fully operational; whether any fiscal, actuarial or public expenditure considerations have contributed to the delay in finalising or commencing the regulations. [15917/26]

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433. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the date on which the working Group established to advise on the appropriate indexation rate for Periodic Payment Orders submitted its final report to his Department; the date on which he approved, in principle or otherwise, the recommendations of that Working Group; the date on which formal drafting instructions were issued to the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel in respect of the regulations required to give effect to section 51I of the Civil Liability Act 1961, as amended, relating to the indexation of Periodic Payment Orders; whether the drafting of those regulations has been completed; whether the draft regulations have been circulated to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, the State Claims Agency, or any other public body for consultation or financial assessment, and if so, the dates of such circulation; the specific reasons the anticipated Q4 2025 timeline for signature and commencement of the regulations was not achieved; the revised and specific timeline by which he now intends to sign and commence the regulations required to make the Periodic Payment Order framework fully operational; whether any fiscal, actuarial or public expenditure considerations have contributed to the delay in finalising or commencing the regulations. [15917/26]

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