A number of Deputies are offering. Given that the earlier business ran over, I will call those Deputies, but I ask them to be brief.

I join in the words of satisfaction that Ibrahim Halawa has returned home having been released from prison. A total of 32 people have applied for transfer into this country from prisons abroad. Surely we should be equally anxious for them to come home. They were coming home at a rate of about six a year until there was a difficulty in the courts in 2014. Last year, only one person was repatriated. It is very appropriate to ask this question today. When will the transfer of sentenced persons and transfer of execution of sentences Bill, which has been on the legislation programme for years, come before the Dáil in order to facilitate the repatriation of people incarcerated abroad to our country?

I am told that work on that legislation is ongoing. It is important to point out that the case of Ibrahim Halawa was different because we had to wait until it was concluded and there was a verdict. He was found innocent of all charges. Therefore, he is a free man and an innocent man. He is not somebody who is incarcerated and needs to be brought home potentially to serve a sentence in Ireland or anything like that. I can understand why the Deputy is raising it today and it is a fair point.

It is important to emphasise that, in the Halawa case, Ibrahim was found innocent of all charges and, as result of that, he has travelled home as a free man with an Irish passport.

We cannot have a debate on that matter now.

On the issue of the 32 people to whom Deputy Ó Cuív referred and the legislation he has asked for, my understanding is that we do not have a date for it because it is still being worked on.

The other difference is that this is totally within our gift, the Halawa case was not. We could actually do this work. It is totally within our gift.