No Phil Hogan apology for Irish Water ‘any time soon’

People expecting former environment minister Phil Hogan to apologise for his key role in the creation of Irish Water will be waiting a long time, the Government chief whip has warned.

Paul Kehoe suggested Mr Hogan, who Taoiseach Enda Kenny made a European Commissioner after his heavily-criticised tenure at the Department of Environment, will not address the subject until his memoirs.

Mr Kenny and other ministers have admitted serious mistakes were made in setting up Irish Water, though Mr Hogan has stood over the utility and his role in its creation.