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FIANNA FÁIL’S JACK Chambers has been announced as Ireland’s Minister for Finance taking the reins from Michael McGrath who is set to be nominated to become Ireland’s new EU commissioner.
Chambers, aged 33, is set to be the youngest Finance Minister in the state since Michael Collins, who became Minister for Finance in 1919, at the age of 29.
Tánaiste Micheál Martin confirmed the appointment at a press conference following Cabinet earlier today.
“Jack is a very intelligent, highly effective politician. And I have no doubt that he will make a very effective Minister for Finance,” Martin said.
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Dublin West TD Chambers will be promoted from his current minister of state brief in the Department of Transport.
The position of deputy leader had been vacant since August 2020, when Dara Calleary resigned as Minister for Agriculture following the fallout from the infamous Oireachtas Golf Society dinner in Galway.
Chambers was elected to the Dáil in the February 2016 general election and was re-elected in the 2020 general election.
He has held various other high profile roles, including Government Chief Whip, and Minister of State for Sport, the Gaeltacht and Defence.
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@Paul: pretty smart dude I would say given his level of study, no doubt the real gears in the machine are tapping away on state owned calculators in the office next door. Keeping the boot on the neck of the middle class, not so much to choke, but snuggly enough to keep the money flowing in the right direction.
@John Nolan: Who needs Experience what about the Special Advisors. The Civil Service do all the work all he will have to do is read what he is handed.Sign this Sign that 2 hours a week in the office actor stuff.
I woul have thought the Romanian who battered the Canadian tourist in Dublin last Saturday and left him in a vegetative state would have been headlines ?
Anti-immigrant Tommy Robinson being arrested in Canada for an “outstanding immigration warrant” would have been a better headline. Tommy the Immigrant is happy to use the immigration system he is so against!!!
@Terry Molloy: Tommy Ten-Names is an illegal immigrant with an “outstanding immigration warrant” so what do you think? An anti-immigrant resorted to becoming an immigrant!!! His life now DEPENDING on the immigration system he was so against!!! Now let’s hope karma is just as kind to ALL of his ilk.
@BL Music: ask the minister mcentee what checks were done on this lad.if they get the correct id they will likely find he has pedigree.Does mcentee still maintain dublin city is safe?
@BL Music: it is he was remanded without bail…..Good news about Robinson though, another bigot off the street, and if you continue with your narrative you might emulate him..
This Govt has become a joke, it no longer has any credibility, people running for the hills after destroying the country, others being appointed willy nilly, it’s like a lucky dip draw at this stage or something in a Pat Short sketch. Time to call an immediate election & let the people & democracy have its say, rather than watching this sh#tshow. All these appointments are going to cost us the Taxpayer Millions, as these people’s pensions are based on their final salary. It’s like they want to squeeze the last drop of blood out of the Exchequer before they do a runner.
@Lydia Mcloughlin: If FFG don’t get enough seats then they have INDs as well as Labour and Greens who have all supported FFG across the country after the locals. SF might have run enough candidates but that’s a big group they’d have to defeat.
We know why MM has pick Jack Chambers only last week becoming deputy leader and now finance minister… we all know we’ll see a give away budget in October followed by GE in November… Jack Chambers will have a Running mate for Dublin West in the hope to get both elected.
So a doctor who couldn’t hack the medical profession and has no qualifications in economics has been picked to run the countries finances. Jasus wept. I don’t care how good of a politician he is if he doesn’t have the right credentials. Why did he get the job.
A minister of finance who is a doctor!! WTF would he know about the finance portfolio?.The last time a FF finance minister, who was a barrister and was out of his depth, bankrupt our country. Is MM that incompetent?. Plainly and simply…he is.
Anyone remember the controversy in Blanchardstown in 2015, when the said Mr Chambers was parachuted in and selected ahead of David McGuinness to contest the GE. Caused a lot of consternation among the local FF grassroots back then. This guy appears to be the anointed one.
I have to admit we are country that love to run people down before they even get a chance to prove themselves. People are saying he’s too young and lacks experience. Well, spoiler alert he does not sit in his office with a pencil and paper that info comes from the public servants his job is deliver the budget and claim responsibility for it.
There is nothing like an experienced petson to become minister of finance.
Finally, they have reached the bottom of the barrel. More likely, they have reached into a huge hole and found a dead one floating around.
@Hotirish: Jesus christ.Were you not affected by the crash?.Do private bank debts forced onto the Irish citizens not bother you?.Congats and good luck my hole.
The next leader in waiting of FF.Going down the same route as FG,Leo the leak.Young leader at the time to attract votes from young people.Were been scammed by the political class.What a joke…..
@Joseph Tierney: It’s a good strategy, we really don’t need politicians in there 60s making decisions for those in their 30s and those in their 30s now are the ones who need most. My wife and I are almost 60 , have enough to live very comfortably but I certainly wouldn’t think our advice would be credible to those younger………we need younger people to help younger people
@D. PEADER: Not a bigot. Just being factual. Besides, I hung up the rainbow flag in my office for June when others blatantly refused to do so. Show shove your bigot comment where the sun don’t shine.
A great appointment. A very smart and forward-thinking man. Well educated, earned a Law and Political Science degree from Trinity, and later graduating also in medicine. He’ll surround himself with the right expertise and advise to continue Irelands’ strong financial performance. Congrats Jack. Future leader of FF and potentially Ireland.
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