Fine Gael pushed to publish water levy legal advice

Fianna Fáil has called on the Government to publish its legal advice on the water charges report before the Oireachtas committee examining the issue meets today to finalise its recommendations.

Amid mounting tensions over the issue which have brought the Government’s confidence and supply agreement to the brink, Fianna Fáil finance spokesman Michael McGrath said yesterday that the Government seems to be speaking in “general terms” about the legal issues it says it has with the committee’s draft report.

“They (the Government) seem to be speaking in generalities that the report is illegal. They seem to be indicating that they already have such legal advice,” he said.