Martin Mansergh (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)

Tipperary South had no Minister between 2002 and 2008, but it did very well during the period in question. When I was in Kerry one summer just after the sports capital grants had been announced, the message on the front page of The Kerryman was "Thanks Minister", but there was no thanks and several inside pages carried howls of complaint from sports clubs in Kerry that had not received grants. This fact should be borne in mind.

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