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Taoiseach Enda Kenny refuses again to get involved in water charge refund dispute




 

The Taoiseach has once again refused to give his opinion on the matter of refunding those who had already paid water charges.

However, he stated that a special Oireachtas committee was required to assess the expert commission’s finding that those who had paid should not be treated “less fairly” than those who hadn’t. 

Speaking from Silicon Valley in California, where he is on a three day business trip, Mr Kenny said he did not want to give a “definitive statement” on the matter. 

It had been agreed during the formation of Government that there would be a special commission to look at “the whole question of water rates and the water supply issue”.

Mr Kenny stated that he has a very clear view on it but that the committee need to make their reflections and give the recommendation before a Dáil vote in March 2017

He said that “part of their reflection has to be its comment that those who paid their charges should not be treated any less fairly than those who hadn’t. I think it is right and proper that the committee be allowed to do its job”.

Any decision around refunds depended upon whether the committee “comes forward with a water charging regime”, he added. 

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