Opposition rages over exempting Irish Water from information law

The operations of Irish Water, which will collect charges from households around the country by 2015, will be covered in a veil of secrecy, according to Fianna Fáil.

The opposition has strongly criticised the Government for failing to include the semi-state agency in new freedom of information legislation governing what the public is entitled to know.

Fianna Fáil’s public expenditure and reform spokesman Seán Fleming condemned the bill, which he said “lacks substance”.