The Dáil has voted to set up a special Oireachtas committee to decide the future of water charges.

The 20-member committee will include 9 members from Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, who agreed the measure as part of their government deal.

The committee will receive the report of an expert group on the matter, and put forward a final recommendation for TDs to vote on.

But Sinn Féin has claimed a deal between the parties to appoint its chairman means the whole thing is a 'stitch-up'.

Housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin says the two parties are working together to frustrate the public's wishes: