22. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the latest report by Defence for Children International - Palestine, published on 12 May 2014, which details the alarming rise in numbers of Palestinians being subjected to solitary confinement; his views on whether solitary confinement solely for interrogation purposes amounts to torture; if he will condemn Israel's use of solitary confinement against Palestinian children; if he will make representations to the Israeli Government, which is a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the UN Convention Against Torture, in order to raise this issue and press Israeli authorities to cease this degrading treatment of Palestinian children held in Israeli custody; if he will call for the release of the imprisoned members of the Palestinian Legislative Council, including Marwan Barghouti; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23179/14]

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22. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the latest report by Defence for Children International - Palestine, published on 12 May 2014, which details the alarming rise in numbers of Palestinians being subjected to solitary confinement; his views on whether solitary confinement solely for interrogation purposes amounts to torture; if he will condemn Israel's use of solitary confinement against Palestinian children; if he will make representations to the Israeli Government, which is a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the UN Convention Against Torture, in order to raise this issue and press Israeli authorities to cease this degrading treatment of Palestinian children held in Israeli custody; if he will call for the release of the imprisoned members of the Palestinian Legislative Council, including Marwan Barghouti; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23179/14]

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