John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I ask Mr. Shanahan and Ms Sinnamon to come back to us on Taiwan. I forgot to mention the number of students who travel from Taiwan to the UK. It is a huge business. A few of them end up here in Ireland and they are anxious to promote a student exchange between Ireland and Taiwan. In fact arrangements are already in place to allow that to happen. However, given even the spin-off from that, it is important for us to have a share of that market because one is not just sharing the market but sharing an experience of our culture and perhaps a friendship that will serve us in years to come. I would like to think that both organisations would consider a permanent presence in Taipei and that they will come back and let us know what progress has been made. Perhaps they might check out what I have just said about the presence of people from other European countries there without any problem from anyone and doing considerable business. It is hard to drink a Scotch whisky over there when one could have Jameson, but there is none on the market, so I am told - I do not drink.