Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Consular staff in our embassy have persisted in their efforts to have contact with the four members of the family who are detained. There are also people detained from a number of other countries, including Canada, the Netherlands and Denmark.

We are in regular contact with their embassies also in Cairo to co-ordinate contacts and access. We will continue to do that. This is a difficult situation and it is receiving the highest priority in the embassy in Cairo. I am being kept directly informed of developments and we are in regular contact with the family in Ireland.

See this speech in context