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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: If it makes no difference, why do we not do it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: I have circulated a copy of the legal opinion, but I know members may not have had the opportunity to read it. There are a number of discrepancies in regard to what we have been told at this committee in this regard. This has nothing to do with the court case in Egypt and we are not asking the Government to do anything in this regard. We are asking for information on what happened in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: No, you said-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: What we were told was that law No. 140 could not apply because he was awaiting a retrial.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: Why at the same time is the Government saying it cannot do anything until after a retrial?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: We are not talking about interfering in a legal trial. We were told time and again we had to wait for the trial, yet the Australians were able to have law No. 140 applied prior to trial.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: And failed, but the Australians succeeded.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: No, before the trial. Now we come to the nub of the issue. It is quite clear. The Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs said in regard to Greste's retrial that Greste was now back in the position of an accused person awaiting trial-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: -----which is the exact same legal position as that of Ibrahim Halawa today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: What they did-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: Anybody who met the legal team would understand clearly that Mr. Halawa is in the exact same position as Peter Greste.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: Neither had Peter Greste. He was awaiting retrial.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: And failed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: We are not interfering in their law. We are asking them to apply their law.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: It is because there are discrepancies between what the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has said time and again and what Mr. Halawa's legal team has said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: How long did it take to get an ambassador out there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: That does not undermine the team.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: When the Chairman says it is a matter of priority but we do not have an ambassador out there, how is it a priority?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: I am not saying anything against the people out there. I am asking why it took so long to get the ambassador out there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: The issue is that there are discrepancies between what the Government is telling us now and what the legal team says.