Former taoiseach Leo Varadkar has paid tribute to the incoming Minister for Finance, his constituency colleague Jack Chambers.
“I think he’s up for the job. He’s proved himself very capable. I don’t think 33 is too young, by the way,” he told RTÉ radio’s Today with Claire Byrne show.
“One thing that I think is really nice, this is Pride week, and of course, he is a member of the LGBT community. And maybe he’s the next gay Taoiseach in waiting.”
Mr Varadkar pointed out that Mr Chambers was a very capable politician along with being a qualified doctor as well as a lawyer.
“I’ve known Jack for a long time now. Certainly since he got elected to the council. He’s a good colleague. We’re lucky in Dublin West that TDS and senators tend to work together on local issues rather than scoring points off each other. And I don’t think we’ve ever had had a row or had a harsh word.
“He was a very good chief whip, I have to say, a very good Minister of State as well. And we had to manage…
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