Latest: Fianna Fáil make water charges submission that may end stand-off with Fine Gael

Update - 2.15pm: A deal could be agreed between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil to end the stand-off over water charges which this week threatened to topple the minority government.

Both parties today lodged their submissions to the Oireachtas Committee on the future of water services and water charges, writes Juno McEnroe of the Irish Examiner.