Mr. John James O'Hara:

Deputy Brendan Griffin referred to travelling from Dublin to the west. Packages are a major issue in this area. This year, we met a 92 year old man at Dublin Airport and brought him west. I could not believe his age but he was on the Wild West Ireland tour with which we are involved. Every two weeks, we have a dinner and banquet in the house with music and so forth. Finding the man in question sitting back in a chair, relaxing with a glass of the good stuff, I asked him if he was enjoying his holiday, to which he replied, "Where else could I be at 92 years of age?" He owns a major company in the United States and has written a great deal about Ireland since returning home.

Blogging is great because it is important in social media to keep pushing different areas. I hope Deputy Griffin will write about Country Leitrim the next time he visits. I hope Deputy Harrington likes the webpage.

Deputy Tom Fleming referred to Germany, which is our main market. Last week, we had two hotel owners, one from Russia and one from Bulgaria, staying in the house. Chatting about the different markets I learned that bed and breakfast is available for €6 per night in the Bulgarian's 20 bedroom hotel on the coast. We heard great things on the night about different cultures, including the different things Russians like. We will meet again in February and a friend, who owns a place in France, will join us in Bulgaria. The purpose of the visit is to learn new things about different cultures and how we can help them and they can help us. To help and have are great things.