173. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when he intends to bring forward the necessary statutory regulations or amending legislation to implement the recommendations of the “Periodic Payment Orders Indexation Rate – Report of the Inter-Departmental Working Group,” accepted by him in July 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68232/25]
174. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current status of the implementation process for the revised indexation mechanism for periodic payment orders under Part IV of the Civil Liability (Amendment) Act 2017; and to specify the expected commencement date for the new framework. [68233/25]
175. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason for the delay in publishing the draft regulations or legislative amendments required to activate the revised PPO indexation rate as recommended in the 2024 Interdepartmental Working Group report; and if he will provide a timeline for publication. [68234/25]
176. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has engaged with the Department of Finance, the Central Bank of Ireland, or the Courts Service in respect of operational readiness for the implementation of the new PPO indexation rate; and to provide details of those engagements. [68235/25]
177. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has assessed the potential financial impact on plaintiffs with catastrophic injuries, such as those arising in a case (details supplied); and if he will publish that assessment. [68236/25]
178. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will ensure that the necessary legislative or regulatory amendments to make the PPO regime fully operational will be enacted before the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68237/25]
179. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the legislative priority list for 2025 includes the introduction of amending measures to rectify the deficiencies in the current PPO legislation; and if not, if he will add it to the list as a matter of urgency. [68238/25]
180. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the consultations undertaken to date with relevant stakeholders, including representatives of catastrophically injured plaintiffs, the Law Society, and the Bar Council, in relation to the implementation of a workable PPO indexation mechanism; and if further stakeholder engagement is planned. [68239/25]
171. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will confirm whether Budget 2025, as presented, complies with the national and EU fiscal rules, including the expenditure benchmark and structural balance requirements; if he will provide his Department's own assessment of compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67753/25]
172. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the long-term fiscal risks identified by his Department in relation to rising recurrent spending, falling windfall corporation tax receipts, and age-related expenditure, in the context of IFAC's warning that the State is 'budgeting like there is no tomorrow'; and if he will publish any departmental risk-management plans. [67754/25]
173. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the proportion of recent windfall corporation tax receipts that has been allocated to permanent spending commitments since 2020; if he will provide a breakdown by year; and if he will clarify the Department's policy on safeguarding against the use of temporary revenues for long-term spending. [67755/25]
200. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide Ireland's full indicator-level scores under the Blavatnik Index of Public Administration for 2024, disaggregated by theme; and to outline which underlying domains contributed most to Ireland's overall ranking. [68043/25]
354. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish the first consolidated national report on homes delivered under the Town Centre First policy, including the number of units delivered in each local authority area; and if this data has already been compiled. [68046/25]
416. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of recorded drone incursions at each prison in the State in the past five years, broken down by year and by institution, and the types of contraband recovered from those incidents. [67737/25]
417. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total quantity and classification of contraband recovered following drone incursions into prisons since 2020, including drugs, weapons, mobile phones, SIM cards, and other prohibited items. [67738/25]
418. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current security technology in place in each prison to detect, deter, or disable drone incursions; the date each system was installed; and the planned upgrades for 2026. [67739/25]
419. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current staffing levels assigned to perimeter security in each prison; the standard operating procedures for responding to drone incursions; and the number of times these procedures were activated in the past three years. [67740/25]
420. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of criminal investigations initiated as a result of drone-related contraband entering the prison system since 2020; the number of arrests; the number of charges; and the number of convictions secured. [67741/25]
421. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has conducted any assessment of links between drone-delivered contraband and organised criminal groups; and if he will outline the findings of any such assessments. [67742/25]
422. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the estimated financial impact on the prison system arising from drone-related contraband since 2020, including security responses, detection equipment, staff overtime, drug-treatment interventions, and property damage. [67743/25]
423. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will publish the most recent internal risk assessment relating to drone incursions into prisons, including risk ratings, mitigation measures, and outstanding vulnerabilities identified. [67744/25]
424. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has examined international counter-drone models used in the UK, Canada, or the Netherlands for prison protection; and if he will provide details of any pilot projects or procurement considerations underway. [67745/25]
425. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether additional statutory powers are required by the Prison Service or An Garda Síochána to disable or intercept drones approaching prison facilities; and if he will outline any planned legislative proposals. [67746/25]
643. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to specify the projected date by which duplicate financial reporting requirements between the HSE and voluntary hospitals will be eliminated, and to confirm whether interim milestones have been set for the removal of parallel reporting structures pending full IFMS deployment. [68034/25]
644. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide the annual estimated cost of maintaining parallel financial systems in voluntary hospitals, including software licences, staffing time and manual reporting processes, and to set out the projected savings associated with eliminating these duplicated systems. [68035/25]