Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

In January 2018, my Department entered into a five year financial commitment of €10 million to establish four Climate Action Regional Offices, CAROs. One of these CAROs covers the Atlantic seaboard north region, encompassing the local authorities of Galway city and counties Galway, Mayo, Sligo, and Donegal. Mayo County Council is the lead local authority for Atlantic Seaboard North CARO. While I have had no direct interaction to date with the North Atlantic Seaboard CARO, my Department engages with all four CAROs on a regular basis, in particular through participation in the National Local Authority Climate Action Steering Group, and the CARO Steering Group, at which all aspects of the CARO work programme are discussed. My Department approves the CARO work programmes and is in frequent contact with each CARO to monitor progress in delivery. Under the National Adaptation Framework each local authority developed an adaptation strategy. These strategies are now being implemented, and each CARO is working with the local authorities in its region to both facilitate and monitor implementation of the local climate adaptation actions within the strategies.

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