Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have said before that the joint committee wants to do what is in Ibrahim Halawa's best interests. I will accede to an informal meeting with the legal team as a matter of courtesy. Given that it has requested a meeting with us, we should accede. I am disappointed there was a vote on this because everyone on the joint committee wants to see this young man freed. That is our goal. Some of us feel that the best way forward is not to deal with it as if the joint committee were a court of law but rather to address it in the way that is in the best interest of Ibrahim Halawa. The world is watching us today on live television.