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<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: RTÉ wages, money laundering, and funding the Revenue]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-may-22-919126-May2013/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[RTÉ director-general Noel Curran will attend the Communications committee today to discuss broadcasters’ wages.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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</author>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Abortion hearings, new grocery rules and leaving the euro]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-may-21-917277-May2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-may-21-917277-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The third day of abortion hearings takes place today, while the Dáil debates calls for new rules on leaving the eurozone.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Taxi regulation, garda salaries and women’s rights]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-909630-May2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-909630-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan is due before the Public Accounts Committee today. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dáil" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Leinster House" />
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<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Mortgage repossession, Northern Ireland and Seanad reform]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-may-15-908027-May2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-may-15-908027-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Senators will vote today on whether to approve proposals that would give all citizens a vote in Seanad elections.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Coillte sale, taxi laws and 15 years of Good Friday]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-may-14-906382-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:99ba30b4-ef24-d78a-03fe-54202057c562</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-may-14-906382-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-may-14-906382-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A Sinn Féin motion debated tonight will call for the ‘re-energisation’ of the Northern Ireland peace process.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Fine Gael TDs on Twitter and free GP care : The week’s news skewed]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/the-mire-the-weeks-news-903640-May2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/the-mire-the-weeks-news-903640-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Breaking via The Mire wire: Leinster House goes wild photocopying arses, free GP care for healthy citizens, and FG TDs insult each other for Twitter practice. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>The Mire</name>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: TDs sign off on the World War II deserters’ amnesty]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-may-7-897802-May2013/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The process of pardoning Irish Army deserters who joined the Allies in World War II will be completed by TDs this evening.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Changing council rents and scrapping VECs]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-may-2-892309-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:65c61f4c-12c2-68d9-f019-3b942ac2204a</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-may-2-892309-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Laws to merge and rationalise Ireland’s VEC sector will be among those polished off in Leinster House today.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="coillte" />
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Repossessions, organ donors and Euro counterfeiting]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-may-1-890590-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d19b2134-b7a5-c136-0752-d3ece224153c</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-may-1-890590-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Aer Lingus CEO Christoph Mueller – who is about to take over as chairman of An Post – will also be in attendance today.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Phil Hogan" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Repossessions, organ donors and selling the Lotto]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-april-30-888986-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7c26e67f-8cb2-5eb6-7a1b-6219b4dc0039</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-april-30-888986-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-april-30-888986-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Legislation clearing the way for banks to repossess more homes will get its first airing in the Dáil this evening.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Fisheries, fodder crisis and HSE spending]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-april-25-883414-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:781106d6-03ca-3e63-3877-7e2a8514e3a7</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-april-25-883414-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-april-25-883414-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[HSE head-in-waiting Tony O’Brien – who often gets a lukewarm reception in Leinster House – will be back in today.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="tony obrien" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Generic drugs, selling the Lotto and Budget 2014]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-april-24-881382-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:831d08c9-29d2-d2d8-a480-a9dcdf9939de</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-april-24-881382-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[It’s a packed day in Leinster House – click through to find out what’s being debated in the Dail, Seanad and committees today.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Leinster House" />
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Companies, public pay and the HSE board]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-april-23-880130-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e6517f9e-41b9-3c45-1e96-aac9e3cd53f6</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-april-23-880130-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-april-23-880130-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Bill O’Herlihy will attend the Environment committee this afternoon to discuss his new job at the Irish Film Board.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Organ donation, terrorist financing and TV licences]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-april-18-873896-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a98a9a2c-58df-3e66-06ba-e1b33baa5b12</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-april-18-873896-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-april-18-873896-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Public Accounts Committee will today examine how TV licence fees were distributed in 2011.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Lottery sale, credit records and public petitions]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-april-17-872366-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:0e4a8273-bda7-5671-86c0-b1d2759d210c</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-april-17-872366-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-april-17-872366-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[It’s a varied day of business in Leinster House, which has a packed committee schedule today.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Helen McEntee describes first day in Dáil as “emotional”]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/helen-mcentee-describes-first-day-in-dail-as-emotional-872341-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:0c426605-5747-4367-93b9-4a2929001ffe</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/helen-mcentee-describes-first-day-in-dail-as-emotional-872341-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/helen-mcentee-describes-first-day-in-dail-as-emotional-872341-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The 26-year-old said it was “an honour” to take up the seat left vacant by her father, Shane.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Meath East by-election" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Shane" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Shane McEntee" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="TD" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Symphysiotomy, WW2 deserters, and new arrivals]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-april-16-870670-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c96703e3-9f3c-ab9d-c5c6-54c12a7e942b</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-april-16-870670-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-april-16-870670-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Dáil’s newest member, Helen McEntee, will be formally introduced to the chamber today.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2013/04/meath-east-helen-mcentee-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Flooding" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Helen McEntee" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Leinster House" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oireachtas agenda" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Symphysiotomy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="World War II" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Leinster House staff given jiu-jitsu training to deter angry intruders]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-ushers-jiu-jitsu-training-854879-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e67ddb7d-de5e-fb66-f7b6-f01130ac8660</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-ushers-jiu-jitsu-training-854879-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-ushers-jiu-jitsu-training-854879-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[19 Oireachtas ushers have been sent on a training course to prepare for any physical confrontation from the public.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2013/04/932011-31st-dail-kenny-become-taoiseach-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dáil Éireann" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dáil ushers" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Everybody was..." />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jiu-Jitsu" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Leinster House" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Martial Arts" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oireachtas" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Security" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ushers" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[‘Appalling’, ‘ghastly’ and ‘brutal’ – doctors describe symphysiotomy ordeal]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/symphysiotomy-survivors-petition-messages-858418-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a91cc85b-c4db-171d-1afa-e9e7e37e01c2</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/symphysiotomy-survivors-petition-messages-858418-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/symphysiotomy-survivors-petition-messages-858418-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Medical professionals from around the world have come out in support in Ireland’s symphysiotomy survivors. Here’s what they had to say.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2013/04/symphysiotomy-survivors-petition-messages-2-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jillian van Turnhout" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Leinster House" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Marie O'Connor" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Petition" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="SOS" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Survivors of Symphysiotomy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Symphysiotomy" />
<author><name>Paul Hyland</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/paul-hyland/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: CAP reform, credit histories and going dental]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-march-28-847731-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:cb3b5efc-5483-c900-ba9e-19ad17223303</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-march-28-847731-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-march-28-847731-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The first discussion on laws to create a new national, centralised credit register will take place in the Seanad today.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/03/credit-history-scoring-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Leinster House" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oireachtas agenda" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Alcohol sponsorship, court reporting and animal welfare]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-discuss-alcohol-sponsorship-sport-845628-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9683e9d7-1df1-22d0-5751-552a935512d5</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-discuss-alcohol-sponsorship-sport-845628-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-discuss-alcohol-sponsorship-sport-845628-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Representatives from three of the country’s most prominent sports bodies will discuss banning alcohol sponsorship today.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2013/03/heineken-erc-branding-logo-on-jersey-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Alcohol" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="alcohol sponsorship" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="FAI" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="GAA" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="IRFU" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Leinster House" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oireachtas agenda" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sports" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Medical cards, flood insurance and food labelling]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-march-26-844996-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:8cca260c-5085-6368-2e39-59a7ad47d7c5</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-march-26-844996-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-march-26-844996-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Figures representing four of Ireland’s biggest grocery chains will be at the Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/03/supermarket-stock-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Food Labelling" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Leinster House" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Medical Cards" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oireachtas agenda" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Tesco" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[INFOGRAPHIC: How much energy could Earth Hour actually save?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/infographic-earth-hour-2013-842928-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:248c6b8e-41ed-aee0-bb8e-46931d822ff8</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/infographic-earth-hour-2013-842928-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/infographic-earth-hour-2013-842928-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Will you be turning off the lights at 8:30pm?]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2013/03/philippines-earth-hour-3-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Earth Hour" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="infographic" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="jones oil" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Leinster House" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Phil Hogan" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="trim castle" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Lights on public buildings to be turned off for Earth Hour]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/buildings-ireland-earth-hour-842908-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c07bddb8-c10b-0821-0d39-b572fd5df3bd</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/buildings-ireland-earth-hour-842908-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/buildings-ireland-earth-hour-842908-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The lights on Government Buildings, Leinster House and Customs House – among others – will be turned off at 8:30pm.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/03/2832010-earth-hour-in-ireland-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Earth Hour" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Leinster House" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Phil Hogan" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="trim castle" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Medical cards, childhood poverty and EU Youth Guarantee]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-march-21-838089-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:73ef77ce-190f-e74e-5278-ccf8fc31ab08</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-march-21-838089-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-march-21-838089-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The EU Affairs committee will be briefed on the European Youth Guarantee and its effects by interest groups today.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/03/youth-unemployment-sad-man-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Leinster House" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oireachtas agenda" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Medical cards, social media and transparency laws]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-march-20-836753-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:67875c55-abf7-0443-8c36-5be24c07cecd</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-march-20-836753-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-march-20-836753-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The hearings on the effects of social media abuse resume at the Transport and Communications committee this morning. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2013/03/22102008-age-action-protests-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="James Reilly" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Leinster House" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Medical Cards" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oireachtas agenda" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Social Media" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Generic drugs and insurance for flood victims]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-march-19-836715-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d8936a8f-2938-8dd6-d75c-3d353288581c</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-march-19-836715-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-march-19-836715-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[It’s a light day in the Oireachtas today, with only two committee meetings being held.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2013/03/james-reilly-alex-white-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Alex White" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="generic drugs" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Insurance" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Leinster House" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oireachtas agenda" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Horse meat, Gaeilge, and welfare spending]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-march-14-830644-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:54a74269-cccb-bf44-1089-c76dd080acf3</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-march-14-830644-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-march-14-830644-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Public Accounts Committee scrutinises the accounts of the Department of Social Protection this morning. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2013/03/irish-unemployment-9-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Budget 2013" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Leinster House" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oireachtas agenda" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Social Protection" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Social Welfare" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Hundreds of Travellers outside Dáil for anti-racism protest]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/hundreds-of-travellers-outside-dail-for-anti-racism-protest-830316-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:0d662b9d-fdf4-1fe8-af30-2de589fc19a1</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hundreds-of-travellers-outside-dail-for-anti-racism-protest-830316-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hundreds-of-travellers-outside-dail-for-anti-racism-protest-830316-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A number of TDs have joined the movement at Leinster House today. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2013/03/travellers-3-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dáil" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Traveller Movement" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Leinster House" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Protest" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Traveller Movement" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Travellers" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Budget 2013, water charges and cyber-bullying]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-march-13-828540-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b8ec168a-6144-7e6f-9960-107098eba478</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-march-13-828540-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-march-13-828540-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Dáil completes its consideration of the Finance Bill today, while the Seanad finalises the new water charges scheme.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2013/03/cc-joe-shlabotnik-tap21-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Cyberbullying" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Leinster House" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oireachtas agenda" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Water Charges" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Criminal records, job creation and childhood poverty]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-criminal-records-job-creation-and-childhood-poverty-827860-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:81f0338d-b989-4675-1533-40aa1f604190</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-criminal-records-job-creation-and-childhood-poverty-827860-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-criminal-records-job-creation-and-childhood-poverty-827860-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[All of that, and the Seanad gets to reform the Dáil… here’s what’s happening today in Leinster House.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/03/ming-flanagan-penalty-points-3-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dáil Reform" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Economic Growth" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Leinster House" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Luke Ming Flanagan" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oireachtas agenda" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Science Foundation Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Spent convictions" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Proposed Bill provides for first national strategy on autism]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/autism-bill-ireland-823778-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7ac8107d-1002-f550-dac8-f22111d6bff9</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/autism-bill-ireland-823778-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/autism-bill-ireland-823778-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Dáil will debate the proposed legislation today. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Labour" />
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<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[PHOTOS: Man threatens to set himself alight outside Leinster House]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/photos-protest-kildare-street-823153-Mar2013/" ></link>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Kildare Street was closed to traffic after a man climbed on top of a van in a protest outside Leinster House this afternoon.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Traffic" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Social media, water charges and HSE cutbacks]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-march-7-821293-Mar2013/" ></link>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[HSE head Tony O’Brien will return to the Oireachtas today to discuss the executive’s national service plan for 2013.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="HSE Service plan" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Leinster House" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Medical Cards" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oireachtas agenda" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Social Media" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="tony obrien" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Water Charges" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Mobility grant, Seanad reform and social media abuse]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-march-6-820033-Mar2013/" ></link>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Communications committee this morning begins debate on how to respond to the abuse of social media.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mobility grant" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Pat Rabbitte" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Seanad reform" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Social Media" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Junior doctors, property tax and health insurance]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-march-5-818619-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:30bb0a73-49db-b297-fcb4-4990677af0f5</id>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The working hours of Irish junior doctors will be discussed by the Health committee today.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Leinster House" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oireachtas agenda" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach’s salary undermines his agenda]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/gerry-adams-croke-park-2-abortion-border-poll-815799-Mar2013/" ></link>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[In a wide-ranging interview with TheJournal.ie, the Sinn Féin president also revealed which government policies his party actually supports and explained why Croke Park II is a bad deal. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Gerry Adams" />
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<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Enda Kenny accuses opposition of making ‘political football’ of disability cut]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/enda-kenny-disability-transport-payments-811737-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:617c7d00-76d7-971b-4df8-3a1ab94cdddd</id>
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<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[In heated exchanges in the Dáil this morning, the Taoiseach said the current disability transport payments are “illegal and obsolete”. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Enda Kenny" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Leaders' Questions" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Micheál Martin" />
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<author><name>Christine Bohan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/christine-bohan/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Magdalenes, water charges and Coillte sales]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-february-27-810596-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:91282bca-f342-b933-27cb-924bbb08ec05</id>
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<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Environment sub-committee will today consider amending the legislation behind the new water charges regime.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Leinster House" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oireachtas agenda" />
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Flooding, Magdalenes and child benefit]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-february-26-809648-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:878c536d-4f11-5776-bb7e-453c8464f763</id>
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<updated>2013-05-22T09:26:35+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Joan Burton discusses her stance on a possible two-tier child benefit system in the Seanad today.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oireachtas agenda" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
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