Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yes, it will be up to the Parliament to decide. It will probably be up to the Judicial Council to decide when it has the power to do so.

At the time of the publication of the Bill, the second and final report of the Personal Injuries Commission had not been published. This report was subsequently published on 18 September 2018 and a key recommendation of the report was that the Judicial Council, when established, should be requested by the Minister for Justice and Equality to compile guidelines for appropriate general damages for various types of personal injury. When the judicial guidelines are in place, it is intended that they will supersede the book of quantum. The intention for the future is that the Judicial Council will take ownership of the judicial guidelines for personal injury compensation and it will recalibrate them when it considers it necessary. That should be better because the Judicial Council can change it easily.