Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is important that we have that debate. I know that the previous Government and this Government have continued the one-China policy. I am sure Senator McDowell, when he was in Government, probably was a party to that one-China policy formulation. I am not quite sure. It is important that we look at the issue of China in the context of human rights and not just economic activity. I accept it is an important market that we must develop and grow but it cannot be at the cost of everything else either. That is just giving a personal view.