Results 1,541-1,560 of 9,147 for speaker:Pat Breen
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)
Pat Breen: I am sorry, Senator, but we have done so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)
Pat Breen: If the Senator is not happy with an informal meeting, we will have no choice but to have a vote on it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)
Pat Breen: No, the Senator should allow Deputy Eric Byrne to conclude.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)
Pat Breen: We are hearing what his legal team has to say and I have offered to meet the team informally. Perhaps the Deputy is not up to date on this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)
Pat Breen: No, it should make no difference whether the meeting is formal or informal.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)
Pat Breen: I and most people believe it is not in his best interest to play this out in public. We are all here in the interest of getting this young man out of prison. Deputy Boyd Barrett was not here at the start of this meeting so let me say that we have acted with responsibility on this issue. The question was asked why the Taoiseach does not lift the phone. Not only did the Taoiseach do that,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)
Pat Breen: We supported the application of law No. 140 last February.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)
Pat Breen: We did. The Senator is talking about we can do at the highest level.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)
Pat Breen: We supported using it. The Taoiseach met President el-Sisi.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)
Pat Breen: That is because we cannot interfere in the legal system of a country.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)
Pat Breen: We supported using law No. 140.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)
Pat Breen: They did, after the trial.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)
Pat Breen: That is the retrial, we are talking about the first trial.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)
Pat Breen: No, it is not. The Senator is misrepresenting the whole position.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)
Pat Breen: We are not going to agree on this today. All I can tell the Senator is-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)
Pat Breen: He is not, because he has not had a trial yet, unfortunately.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)
Pat Breen: Let me be clear. We have adopted the very same approach as the Australians did.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)
Pat Breen: It is up to the Egyptians. We cannot interfere in their law.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)
Pat Breen: We are. I have agreed to meet the legal team informally. We can get the same information informally as we can formally. I do not know why the Senator wants this in the public domain.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)
Pat Breen: The Senator is very wrong about the Department. This case has been high on its agenda.