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Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Terry Leyden: It is disgraceful.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Terry Leyden: Are they capable of being embarrassed about it?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Terry Leyden: Ask the Greeks about our success story.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Terry Leyden: They are looking to us -----

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Terry Leyden: Senator Ivana Bacik is being provocative.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Terry Leyden: Into poverty.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Terry Leyden: Was Senator Averil Power also not involved?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Terry Leyden: I again wish to raise the case of the young Irishman in an Egyptian jail. In today's edition of the Irish Independentthe public affairs editor, Mr. Shane Phelan, reports that Ibrahim Halawa has been subject to electric shock torture in an Egyptian prison, according to a submission made by a leading human rights lawyer to politicians yesterday. It is important that this young man be released...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Terry Leyden: There is no law and order there. They are not treating this young man properly. Is electric shock treatment acceptable to you? Would you like to receive electric shock treatment in some jail?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Terry Leyden: Is Senator Paul Coghlan standing over the Egyptian system and the degrading torture of a young 19 year old Irishman through electric shock treatment? Is that the way we treat an Irishman 100 years after the Easter Rising?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Terry Leyden: I second the motion proposed by Senator David Norris on lone parents. To return to the case of Ibrahim Halawa, in the circumstances I have no hesitation in calling on the President, Mr. Michael D. Higgins, to intervene. He has a responsibility to Irish citizens and I do not think he can stand idly by and allow an Irish citizen to be treated in this manner. I call on him-----

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Terry Leyden: He is a politician and was elected by the people of Ireland.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Terry Leyden: He should contact the President of Egypt to say he must release our citizen.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Terry Leyden: Unprecedented cases require unprecedented action, but no action has been taken and it is about time it was. We have a President in Áras an Uachtaráin who is a great human rights advocate, a man who has stood up for people's human rights.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Terry Leyden: I hope I am in order.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Terry Leyden: It was not the first time I raised it.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Terry Leyden: I would not agree with the Leader, actually.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Terry Leyden: I had more success getting a prisoner out of Greece.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Terry Leyden: It is comprehensive. I agree with the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Terry Leyden: I went to Greece and got a prisoner out.