{"podcast":{"title":"Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan","slug":"inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan-1630151","podcast_index_feed_id":1630151,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9","website_url":"http://www.irishtimes.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/1787742184135-b89ca198-3992-421e-8cbf-ec58055b84d5.jpeg","author":"Declan Conlon","episode_count":1069,"summary":"The best analysis of the Irish political scene featuring Irish Times journalists, political thinkers and the occasional politician. Hosted by Hugh Linehan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T04:22:20.571000+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan-1630151"},"episode":{"title":"'Disruptive' Jack Chambers talks tough on HSE overspending and budget negotiations","slug":"disruptive-jack-chambers-talks-tough-on-hse-overspending-and-budget-negotiations","published_at":"2026-09-10T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan-1630151/disruptive-jack-chambers-talks-tough-on-hse-overspending-and-budget-negotiations","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan-1630151","url":"https://shows.acast.com/inside-politics-2/episodes/disruptive-jack-chambers-talks-tough-on-hse-overspending-and","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6aa1a9f98ff451bb221eea10/media.mp3","summary":"Inside Politics Live is coming to Cork on September 30th. Get your tickets here . Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers talks to Jack Horgan-Jones about pre-Budget negotiations, HSE overspending, childcare, infrastructure and more. He reveals that he intends to strip power over day-to-day spending from four HSE regions in response to what he describes as a \"really poor performance\" when it comes to controlling costs. He also responds to critical comments reportedly made by Cabinet colleagues over his unwillingness to grant their spending wishes. Then Hugh and Jack analyse the Minister's comments. Would you like to receive daily insights into world events delivered to your inbox? Sign up for Denis Staunton's Global Briefing newsletter here: irishtimes.com/newsletters/global-briefing/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Inside Politics Live is coming to Cork on September 30th. Get your tickets here . Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers talks to Jack Horgan-Jones…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2894,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan-1630151/episodes/disruptive-jack-chambers-talks-tough-on-hse-overspending-and-budget-negotiations/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan-1630151/disruptive-jack-chambers-talks-tough-on-hse-overspending-and-budget-negotiations.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}