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

I thank Mr. O'Flynn for that opening statement, and before I go to members, I acknowledge, in the Public Gallery, Dr. Chang Po-ya, President of the Control Yuan in Taiwan, Dr. Bau Tzong-ho, who is here with us, and their colleague, director general, planning office, Ms Doris Wang. They are behind us and accompanied by Senator Wilson and colleagues from the representative office of Taiwan in Dublin. The Control Yuan is a very powerful body within government in Taiwan and does work similar to this committee and the work of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General etc. They are here to meet their colleagues in Ireland. I wish them well with all of those meetings and thank them for their attendance. I also acknowledge the work done by the Taiwanese representative in Ireland, Mr. Simon Tu, over the last number of years. His engagement with members here has been positive and helpful and he has grown a great relationship in respect of trade, commerce and cultural links with Taiwan. Long may that be the case. They are very welcome and I hope they enjoy their stay in Ireland. I call Deputy Paul Murphy.