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

Pat Breen: That has nothing to do with the case. That comment undermines our team out there and is an unfair comment.

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

Pat Breen: It is an unfair comment to make about our diplomatic team.

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

Pat Breen: I have been out in Cairo and I have seen how hard-working the two people are. In fact, they are doing little else apart from working on this case. The Senator's comment is very unfair.

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

Pat Breen: We are not going to agree, so I am going to call the vote on this.

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

Pat Breen: I do not know. That is up to Senator Daly.

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

Pat Breen: There are no discrepancies. The Senator is playing politics here. I must move on because it seems there will be no agreement on this. Is the Senator pressing the motion? I will allow Deputy Boyd Barrett make a brief comment.

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

Pat Breen: No, it might do the exact opposite.

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

Pat Breen: Our Prime Minister, the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Justice and Equality and the Department have put that pressure on.

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

Pat Breen: It is all about interpretation.

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

Pat Breen: Through the Chair. I was not at the meeting.

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

Pat Breen: I have rarely banged the hammer previously but I am doing it now.

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

Pat Breen: The Senator obviously does not believe anything the Government or I tell him. He has his own agenda on this.

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

Pat Breen: Is the motion agreed?

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

Pat Breen: I have said before that the joint committee wants to do what is in Ibrahim Halawa's best interests. I will accede to an informal meeting with the legal team as a matter of courtesy. Given that it has requested a meeting with us, we should accede. I am disappointed there was a vote on this because everyone on the joint committee wants to see this young man freed. That is our goal. Some of...

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

Pat Breen: I have said it before but obviously the Senator is not listening to me. The Irish Government has followed in the same lines as the Australian Government.

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

Pat Breen: I am sorry but that is the information I have.

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

Pat Breen: I am going to move on. I do not want an argument.

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

Pat Breen: We are moving on, in public.

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

Pat Breen: Democracy has taken place. We have had our vote and I am going to move on to our main business.

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

Pat Breen: I propose that we meet the group informally. That was the whole idea behind the motion. It was to meet the group at the earliest opportunity. I ask the legal team to contact the secretariat and we will meet it. Let us be quite clear; we have no problem meeting it. We will meet it informally and deal with this in a constructive way as any committee would deal with something like this. As...