Water funding report could be the issue that collapses an 'unstable Government'

As political a document as you are ever likely to come across, with lashings of fudge to go around, writes Daniel McConnell
Water funding report could be the issue that collapses an 'unstable Government'

Yes, the report from the Commission on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services was produced by a panel of the great and good of experts, but it has a remarkable politcal subtlety to it.

The headline aspect of the report is that funding for water should primarily come from general taxation, a recommendation surely aimed at helping Fianna Fáil to support the proposals.

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