Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I can blame myself for introducing climate change into the question. The Deputy is right. It is important and it is a wider context within the climate change Bill, which will be discussed in this House and the Seanad. There must be an integrated departmental approach. I recently met a group in Letterkenny regarding climate change and energy security. As legislators, we are faced with difficult decisions. We must use our place at a global level, and Ireland can do it, as the Deputy correctly pointed out, at a UN and European level. We are doing it, and we must use our strong voice in these different corridors to push for an overall global, European approach to these very challenging issues.

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