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"Mr President, thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this debate. At the outset, I would like to thank all those who supported this motion and particularly to congratulate our colleague Lynn Boylan for her efforts in bringing us to this point. I welcome the family of Ibrahim Halawa, and that they are here today to witness the contributions.
In my view, the most important point in this debate is that this young person, Ibrahim, was a child, just 17 years of age when he was arrested and detained. I think that should be at the forefront in all our deliberations. He has been in prison for some considerable time and is now 20 years of age. I, like others, would appeal to the Egyptian authorities to recognise that he is an Irish citizen and a European citizen, to hear our words today and to release Ibrahim so that he can return to Ireland and to his family. I understand that they have their own systems there, but I think that at this point, for a young man who has been detained for so long without his case reaching trial – the trial has again been deferred this week to Saturday – it is a very difficult situation. He was a juvenile, only 17 years of age, and I think that is a very important consideration."@en1
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