Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Take the ruling of the Chair, please, if you do not mind. I grouped the questions when you were not here and I want to remind you of this.

I want to return to the issue of trade. Britain is our fifth largest exporting market and the UK is the third largest investor in Ireland, which is extremely important. We have a very open economy and export 80% of what we produce. Foreign direct investment into the country is extremely important. We have seen the results of the two state visits and there have been talks about Prime Minister David Cameron leading a trade mission here in the near future. He had talks with the Taoiseach in Downing Street on this matter. Prime Minister Cameron has led a number of trade missions to other countries, particularly India and other such areas. Does the ambassador see a visit such as this happening in the near future, so as to cement further the economic relationship between our two countries?