Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On Tuesday, the trial of Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa in Egypt was postponed yet again. His trial has been postponed ten times and is now due to take place on Saturday, 19 December. If convicted he faces the death penalty. Last Sunday, he marked his 20th birthday in prison, his third birthday in jail, and I attended a sad, though good-natured, vigil at the embassy at the weekend. I put forward this question to discuss the case and to ask what assistance the embassy has been giving to Ibrahim and his legal team in advance of the trial and to hear again from the Minister any future plans he has to ensure Ibrahim is released and returned home to his family in Ireland.

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