Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

The European Union has substantial trade and other links with Egypt. Has the Minister made any strenuous representations to those in the appropriate senior positions in the European Union that they should put pressure on the Egyptian Government for the release of Ibrahim Halawa? The British Prime Minister, Mr. Cameron, is scheduled to meet President el-Sisi this week. Has the Minister had the opportunity to raise this issue with the British Prime Minister? To my knowledge Mr. Halawa is the only European Union citizen under unjust political detention in Egypt?

I understand the Minister was in Cairo on 12 October to discuss funding for the people of Gaza, which I fully support, of course. Has he brought back any first-hand report on the Ibrahim Halawa case from that visit?

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