Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move:

That the committee ask the legal team for Ibrahim Halawa to come before the committee and give an update on his case.

I circulated among members the legal opinion from the legal team for Ibrahim Halawa of Doughty Street Chambers, which states that Egyptian Law 140 could be applied in the case of Ibrahim Halawa in the same way as it was applied in the case of the Australian citizen Peter Greste. There have been a number of criticisms of the Irish Government in relation to this case, which I do not propose to reiterate as this is not a political issue. It is important that Mr. Halawa's legal team be allowed to appear before the committee so that we can discuss with them what they believe can be done, as was done by the Australian Government and Prime Minister.