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Some dishonourable person has leaked a proposal from Northern Ireland Regional Development Minister, Sinn Féin’s Conor Murphy, for the under-exercised Executive to defer the new water and sewerage service charges for a further three years.. which would take it past the date for the next Assembly and Council elections.. Those charges were last deferred in November last year. An administration of “all the talents”, indeed. That ticking’s getting louder, guys.. Btw, I’m assuming the confidential paper was leaked before the Executive could discuss it.. Update According to the Irish News, it was “announced” by the NI Regional Development Minister that he had circulated the paper for consideration by the Executive.. Which was nice of him..

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