Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We should have good strong relationships. I have had the honour of travelling to Taiwan. I learned that there is an Irish school in Taiwan where hundreds of people study Irish dancing. Taiwan is a wonderful country with a population of 25 million and it offers great opportunities. People do not realise that Taiwan has enormous investments in China and, therefore, both countries enjoy a strong business relationship. We tend to be reluctant to establish an office or base in Taiwan to project into the rest of that region. When I was a Minister of State with responsibility for trade, I visited the Islamic Republic of Iran, which had an Irish embassy. We should open the embassy again as there is a significant relationship between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Ireland. One street is called after an Irish person.