Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We will try to get an update on that for the Senator today. Members are talking about the court case but I again refer back to the letter, which states:

The hearing was different to previous postponed hearings as all defendants were present and the judge indicated that he would accept oral or written submissions from the lawyers present on behalf of their clients. The trial was then adjourned until 26 April to allow consideration of the petitions made. Lawyers have been informed by my Department that a decision on the petition is unlikely to be made before 26 April.

There will, therefore, be a decision on the petitions on 26 April. We should support the Minister in his efforts in this regard and inform the Taoiseach about what we are doing as well rather than attempt to bring it a step further, which could jeopardise the release of Ibrahim Halawa. Will Senator Daly withdraw the motion for a few weeks before putting it again to the members after that date because something will hopefully happen in the interim?We should support the efforts of the Department and the Minister and we should let the Taoiseach know that we are supporting them and that we are serious about the case of an Irish citizen incarcerated in an Egyptian prison