Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Recently, the Minister of State, Deputy Ring, announced six regional projects to the tune of €200,000 each. Following that announcement, there was adverse media coverage which alleged that he was engaged in parish-pump-style politics, ensuring that a project in his own political backyard received funding. We all support all sporting organisations. They all need funding and they never have enough. The question was tabled merely to elicit the criteria used to allocate the funding that was announced.

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