Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I support the motion. It represents a good idea. It sends a signal to the Egyptian authorities that this House is very concerned over this trial, which I regard as a show trial. My colleague, Ms Lynn Boylan, MEP, had written to the committee and, along with the Chairman, asked for an updated report. She was shocked by the conditions in the prison and by what Mr. Halawa was experiencing. Mr. Halawa is two years in the prison. What he has gone through must be traumatic. What is proposed would be a very positive step and send the right signal to regimes that arrest Irish citizens that this House is very concerned.