Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We have a foreign affairs service so as to have a resolution to these types of extremely distressing case. As I stated, I commend Amnesty International and want the Government to continue its detailed work to have this young man released. The Deputy wants me to enter into negotiations on the floor of the Dáil. I want to focus on what will see this young man released but she has other ideas. I do not know whether she accepts that Egypt is a country with a separate government and legal systems. As such, some respect must be shown for the legal processes of that country.

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