Peter Mathews (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Where have I heard that before? I am the nomadic Member of this Oireachtas, because I was taken off all the committees of which I was a formal member and I am always last but not least. I thank the committee for having me here and I thank the Minister for his contribution. I have learned a lot from listening to it. For my own part, and on behalf of my constituents, I thank him for the work he puts in. It is clear that he does great work and puts in a huge effort.

I cannot underscore more heavily than Senator Daly has the imperative of saving a life. For anybody to be held the way Ibrahim has been held is appalling. He is my constituent. Today on the Luas line in Leopardstown at the Gallops at 7.45 a.m. I met one of his classmates from school and college. This man is doing his final year of engineering and he is a best friend of Ibrahim. He was a very well-adjusted and well-rounded man, who will be doing a master's in the UCD Smurfit School next September. I want to underscore that imperative. The Taoiseach should lift the telephone and arrange for a presidential decree request before 15 December. That would put modus operandiinto place to get him released.

Going back to 13 November, a Friday, in Paris, the slaughter and injury of so many people was totally unexpected. However, on 29 October, just outside Baghdad-----