Martin Conway (Fine Gael)

I, like others, commend all involved in the Chinese Vice President's visit over the weekend. I also commend the people of County Clare who gave him a warm welcome. As has often been the case in the past, the scenery and hospitality of County Clare is used to the advantage of this country. I commend the Lynch family in Sixmilebridge whose farm the Vice President visited. He also visited the iconic Cliffs of Moher, one of the best tourism products this country has, and I believe he was in awe of its stunning scenery.

Following on from this, will the Leader organise a question and answer session with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport on how to take advantage of this successful visit, watched by hundreds of millions in China, and increase Ireland's portion of the 38 million Chinese people who go abroad on holidays every year? With the Taoiseach paying a return visit to China in March, a golden gateway has been opened with China which will propel Ireland to the top of the international countries which Chinese people visit. We need to take advantage of every opportunity to promote Ireland as a tourism destination. I would welcome a question and answer debate on how we can capitalise on tourism from China.