Jack Chambers
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860 appearances
5 recordings
3 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 10 Sep
Jack Chambers’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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on the back of growth of up to 40% in many areas.
And we've seen huge staff increases.
We've seen huge expenditure increases in certain areas.
And I think the public listening and going to work want to see better value for money, want to see more efficiencies and want to see greater reforms.
And to go back to our infrastructure conversation, moderating day-to-day expenditure
is what will give us the space to continue to invest in housing and infrastructure in the long term and also protect and grow our economy so we ensure we have a safe, sustainable economic policy.
All we hear from the opposition is wanting to spend more, wanting to cut taxes and that would seriously undermine our future and I'm conscious of the role I'm in to continue to run a surplus
to make the case to have two long-term funds so we ensure we mitigate the geopolitical risk that's surrounding Ireland as well.
Well, I think there's agreement in government.
Obviously, after the last budget, we're conscious of the need to reward work and reward workers.
But whatever the tax package will be, will be affordable and sustainable.
And I'm conscious of any of the balance of decisions that we'll have to make.
We want to, again...
Workers who, again, working really hard might, you know, get all the, you know, want to see some of their wage growth given back to them in the context of a personal tax package.
And that's something I absolutely support.
Are you concerned about that?
I'm absolutely concerned about it, and that's why we need to continue to make the case for running budgetary surpluses, why we need to continue to put money aside in our two long-term funds.
We expect to have over £23 billion set aside by the end of 2026.
and why the delivery of infrastructure is hugely important for Ireland's future.
But I'm conscious as well that the budget isn't just about dispersing an allocation to all government departments.
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