Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

All of those things have been done, yet Ibrahim remains in prison and his condition is worsening. That is first and foremost what the question is about. I appreciate the fact that a doctor was sent to examine him but then we have to use the evidence of the visit to put extra pressure on the Egyptian authorities and, if possible, to use the evidence in the court case to say that he should be released. We must demand that there is EEAS presence at the next court case and we must also demand, loudly, that he is released. There is no chance of Ibrahim getting a fair trial with 493 other defendants and so the only avenue is to exert every possible political pressure on the Egyptian authorities, which means leveraging EU authority and weight, because it is clear that Irish weight on its own is not sufficient. Is the Minister willing to meet again with the Halawa family to discuss other possible options to increase the pressure on the Egyptian authorities?

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