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Coveney: “No water charges would be illegal under EU law”




The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Simon Coveney has said he will not agree with any recommendations that would see charges for wasteful water usage being scrapped.

Mr Coveney’s comments come after the Oireachtas Committee on water charges recently revealed that it’s findings into the charges should see them abolished for good and every household refunded as a result.

However Mr Coveney has slammed the decision saying that any regime with no charges would be illegal under EU law, and there is no way he or the Government can implement it.

Mr Coveney said: “We’re happy to compromise within reason, but if that compromise involves us essentially doing something that exposes the State to legal action, then I don’t think, as an office holder, I can facilitate that.”

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