Lynn Boylan MEP said the firm turned down the request because it believes its legal advice is exempt from the FOI Act.
She said: "Irish Water recently commissioned and paid for legal advice which was then leaked to the media. That advice, paid for using the public's money, was little more than a statement for self-survival. No details of the legal opinion were ever provided.
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"It is noteworthy that Irish Water saw fit to leak its legal opinion to the media but now refuse to release the contents of that same legal opinion to me, as an elected public representative. Irish Water cannot continue to whisper out of one side of its mouth, while saying nothing from the other."
She also claimed details of the numbers of bill payments made are also being shrouded in secrecy.
She continued: "It is time that the new government partnership of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael stepped in and reminded Irish Water that they are a public utility and not a private company."
(CD/LM)
