Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 September 2017
287. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in Egypt in view of the fact that there seemed to be positive progress during July and August 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39414/17]
View answerI am sure that all members of the House joined me on Monday last, 18 September in welcoming the news from Cairo that this young Irish citizen had been acquitted at the conclusion of the trial in which he was a defendant along with almost 500 others. This young man’s name has been cleared and his innocence is confirmed.
The Government’s priority now is to support this citizen and his family in every way that we can in order to ensure that he is able to return home to his family and friends as soon as possible.
We are conscious that there will be some practical procedures and formalities to be gone through in Egypt before he will be able to fly back to Dublin, but my Department and our Embassy team will be assisting and supporting him and his family to seek to ensure he gets home as soon as possible.
