Jack Chambers will take up his new job as Minister for Finance brimming with qualification but none of them are of the economic or business variety. However, will Mr Chambers be assertive enough keep a lid on pre-budget demands, writes RTÉ Political Correspondent Mícheál Lehane.
Except none of them are of the economic or business variety.
Yes, Mr Chambers has been sitting at the Cabinet table for four years, but this role is his first fully fledged senior ministry.It is a budget where each party leader will desperately want to carve out concessions to stitch into their election manifestos. Will he be able to see down calls from colleagues who might privately believe they should have been promoted ahead of him?
Plus, can he quickly adapt to the high tempo and well-informed questioning style of Sinn Féin's long serving Finance Spokesperson Pearse Doherty?
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