John Lyons (Dublin North West, Labour)
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I have a quick question for Mr. Chamney that is directly related to whiskey. I was in Taiwan approximately 18 months ago and was very surprised to see the low penetration of any Irish whiskey to Taiwan, given it is a country half the size of Ireland, but with six times the population. It has a growing middle class, but we were not on the shelves at all. Scotland was winning out there. We could point fingers as to whose fault this is, but I was surprised that while we like to champion our products, Irish whiskies were not on the shelves. Has Mr. Chamney any comment to make on that?