The minister responsible for water charges says he won't introduce ANY scheme which doesn't charge people for wasteful usage.

Simon Coveney's position puts the government on a major collision course with Fianna Fáil.

The two parties had agreed to implement the findings of an Oireachtas committee, which appears... set to call for no domestic charges at all.

But Simon Coveney says THAT regime would be illegal under EU law - and there's no way he can implement it: