Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 362: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who was detained by the Israeli military on 23 May 2005 and who has been in detention since then; if he has taken action on the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21468/06]

Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)
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Question 363: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Governments attention has been drawn to the circumstances surrounding the detention of a person (details supplied); and if representatives have been made to the Israeli Government concerning this detention. [21517/06]

Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 367: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20413/06]

Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Question 374: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) a human rights worker detained for the past 12 months by the Israeli military without being charged; and if he will investigate the circumstances of their detention. [20897/06]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 362, 363, 367 and 374 together.

I refer the Deputies to my reply of 3 May 2006 to a Question on this matter. The Government has followed this case through the Embassy in Tel Aviv and in cooperation with EU partners. The person concerned was arrested on 23 May 2005, and on 16 June 2005 the Israeli authorities ordered his administrative detention for six months. This order was renewed for a further six months in November, but reduced to four months on review in December 2005. On 20 March 2006, the detention was renewed until 20 July. An appeal against the renewal was turned down on 10 May.

I am concerned about this case, which has been raised with the Israeli authorities by our Embassy in Tel Aviv. The Embassy is continuing to monitor the situation closely, in cooperation with the Embassies of other EU Member States.

The Government, and our EU partners, remain very concerned about the practice of administrative detention in Israel and the Occupied Territories. We are working to ensure that these concerns are addressed in the EU's continuing political dialogue with Israel. In direct contacts with Israel, and in cooperation with its EU partners, the Government continues to raise its concerns about the human rights implications of Israeli security policies and the need to ensure full compliance with international law.