Jack Chambers
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860 appearances
5 recordings
3 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 10 Sep
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It's also about reform.
For example, going back to the health system, how do I work with Minister Carol MacNeill ensuring that we see better productivity for the huge level of increased spending in the health system?
for in 2027 and this year so how do we improve that so people see better value and better improvement of public services for the level of spending that's increased exponentially in recent years so my focus for budget 27 is obviously rewarding work but also ensuring people see reform through the budgetary process so that they can act when when there's an announcement of a particular increase they actually see tangible improvements in any given year
So obviously the reductions in excise have benefited everybody universally and that's been the biggest component of the cost of living intervention made by government has been in the reductions in excise.
We're conscious of the need within the parameters to ensure that cost of living is a priority for budget 2027.
That's why a personal tax package to reward workers.
Obviously we'll use the social protection system to help those most in need.
And Minister O'Brien is working on an energy affordability task force on options that we'll consider for budget 2027.
And that will, I suppose, that will set the context in the decisions that we'll make in October.
I wouldn't accept that.
I mean, the by-elections are very much concentrated within the local dynamic.
The Dublin Central area, we haven't won a seat for many, many years.
And obviously in Galway West and in Dublin Central, we had two first-time candidates
both of whom ran excellent campaigns, but were competing with people who had ran in multiple local elections.
Some had previously been Dáil representatives.
So it was about rebuilding there.
And we have a piece of work to do again to rebuild, particularly in Dublin Central and ensuring Galway West, we continue to build on the work that Deputy John Connolly is doing.
But look, we had the Dublin South by-election in the previous Dáil where we had just over 5% and we significantly increased our vote in the 2024 general election.
We're the largest party local government, the largest party in the Dáil.
And I'm confident our grassroots will continue to grow and build towards the local elections and the general election whenever it happens.
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