Ministers at odds in school water row

DOES the left hand know what the right hand is doing?

Ministers at odds in school water row
Thu, 20 Dec, 2007 - 00:00
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Recent statements by Education Minister Mary Hanafin and European Affairs Minister Dick Roche on water charges in Ireland were in direct contradiction.

Ms Hanafin should know what is going on. When the water framework directive was negotiated in 1999, Ireland sat with 14 other member states in the EU Council of Ministers.

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