The Housing Minister says he’s disappointed that Fianna Fáil changed its mind about several water charge issues yesterday.
However, Simon Coveney says he’s not prepared to get into whether it will affect the confidence and supply agreement between the parties.
The water committee is to agree on the document later but Fine Gael says it’ll vote against it because it’s dishonest.
Minister Coveney says he’ll wait to see the final report before giving a comprehensive statement.
Meanwhile the Social Protection Minister says Fianna Fáil knows well the Government is not obliged to bring forward legislation it knows is contrary to European law.
Leo Varadkar’s been quizzed in the Dáil about the confidence and supply agreement which does say the Government will facilitate the passage of legislation to give effect to the water committee report.
The committee meets this lunchtime to agree its final report.
