Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

I, too, want to raise the case of Ibrahim Halawa, an Irish citizen who is a prisoner of conscience according to Amnesty International. The case is extremely urgent, as the next hearing will be in five days. It is obviously accurate that the decision on whether to release Ibrahim will be made by the Egyptian authorities, but what is problematic is the idea that Egyptian law applies. There is no rule of law, in reality, in Egypt, and there is no justice available to Ibrahim. Does the Minister agree that the maximum pressure has to be applied, including directly by the Taoiseach, on the Egyptian authorities?

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