No plans to tax drinking water - Ahern

Just 24 hours after the Government unveiled its toughest budget in more than a decade, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today insisted there were no plans to tax water.

No plans to tax drinking water - Ahern

Just 24 hours after the Government unveiled its toughest budget in more than a decade, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today insisted there were no plans to tax water.

He made the comment after a high-profile group of independent experts, appointed to advise his coalition administration ahead of the budget, urged consideration of a charge for drinking water.

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