Sinn Féin has submitted draft legislation aimed at permanently abolishing domestic water charges in Ireland. Party leader Mary Lou McDonald criticized the government’s consideration of introducing charges for excessive water use as a covert reintroduction of water charges. Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Minister for Housing James Browne have stated that there are no plans to revive these charges. Sinn Féin’s legislation seeks to repeal parts of the Water Services Act 2017 and will be pushed for urgent consideration in the Irish legislature.