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

The Egyptian embassy has been briefing Deputies, Senators and Members of the European Parliament on this case. Is the Minister concerned about some of the information emerging at these briefings that seems to be erroneous? There was a suggestion that the prisoner addressed the court in regard to his hunger strike. My information is that there is no opportunity to address the court. We are being told it is not a mass trial but the fact that the court case is not going ahead would indicate it is. Is the Minister concerned about that?

The motion in the European Parliament today calls on the European External Action Service, through the EU delegation in Cairo, to get involved in the case of this European citizen. Will the Irish authorities request the service, on the basis of its international standing, to monitor the case of Ibrahim Halawa and use whatever resources it has available to it in this regard?

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