Taoiseach to tell energy companies recent price reductions 'not enough'

'I want to see further price reductions announced in the next few months and there will be help in the budget for householders with energy costs using the proceeds from windfall tax'

The Taoiseah was speaking after a bilateral meeting with Croatian prime minister Andrej Plenković.

The Taoiseach is to meet with four major energy companies on Tuesday afternoon to send a “very clear message” on further price reductions, saying he will be putting them under “pressure”.

Although he said he did not want to pre-empt the meeting, Leo Varadkar said the message is “very clear” that while recent price reduction announcements have been welcomed, they are “not enough”.