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The mother of a catastrophically injured Plaintiff has called on justice minister, Jim O’Callaghan, to implement a workable Periodic Payment Order (PPO) without delay as the current system tied to the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) is failing plaintiffs.

The pelvic mesh scandal highlights the requirement for stronger regulation of these medical device surgeries before the current pause can be lifted, writes Marian Fogarty. Mesh implant surgeries were widely utilised in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP