School water charges: why Government is to blame

CAL HYLAND (Letters, January 10) appears to imply that the school water charges debacle was part of the result of the “Nice referendum rerun” and that it could have implications for the EU Reform Treaty referendum.

While the Government is attempting to ‘wash its hands’ of the whole school water charges debacle and is trying to put the blame for it on the EU, the reality is that this whole sorry mess is a result of the Government’s own mishandling of the situation.

The EU recognised that there was a need for action to avoid a long-term deterioration of fresh water throughout the union.