Seanad debates

Thursday, 26 November 2015

10:30 am

Photo of Michael MullinsMichael Mullins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I join my colleagues in wishing happiness and good health to Bernard Hand on his retirement tomorrow. I hope he will have a long and happy retirement. Bernard is a true gentleman, courteous and always good-humoured and he always had great banter with visitors to the House. I hope that in his retirement he will spend some time in east Galway where he visited often during his early years. I hope he goes back to see some of his relatives in Woodlawn and Menlough. We wish him well and I hope he will drop in on us regularly.

I am very disappointed with Senator Daly’s contribution on the Ibrahim Halawa case. He was present yesterday at the meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade when the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charlie Flanagan, outlined the efforts he, the Taoiseach and the diplomatic staff are making to bring about a successful resolution to this case. We need to work together on this. Quiet diplomacy is required.

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