The Minister for Climate Change has discussed the European actions to deliver on the objectives agreed in Paris, France, with the European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy.

Minister Denis Naughten said he will have a number of opportunities to meet with Commissioner Cañete and looked forward to leading Irish engagement on the Climate Change and Energy agenda.

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Minister Naughten said: "This Government is fully committed to Ireland playing its role in European and Global Action on climate change and as Minister with responsibility for both climate action and energy, I was particularly pleased to have an early opportunity to meet with Commissioner Cañete.

"I want to stress that we are fully committed to the climate agenda, however, given the efforts that we are making at a National level, it is imperative that our contribution to tackling climate change is fully achievable and addresses our key challenges in meeting our EU and international obligations, balancing our key concerns and social and economic realities."

(CD/JP)