Following the release of Budget 15 and with the water protests that took place over the weekend, the Government is still suffering quite a backlash from the public in relation to water charges.

This morning, Ivan Yates and Chris Donoghue discussed the complicated procedures surrounding the charging and complaints processes and concerns over how the Government would manage to get 1.3 million households to comply with the water pack registration.

Yates stated that politicians and administrators are only now discovering the enormity of this particular task:

Minister Joan Burton has also admitted that Fine Gael members are concerned by the Irish Water complaints procedure: