Dr John Hillery scaremongering without national answers

Dr John Hillery has released two specific press releases that will cause alarm amongst locals. In the first he noted that Fás cutbacks would cause concern for Clare constituents and in another yesterday, he followed up with a projected public sector job reduction here of 187 in the county. Hillery Press Release

 I challenged him via Twitter to say

1. What are his views on the discredited entity Fás and it's €1 billion budget, given the nations's budget deficit

2.  What 'waste' he can identify in the county that should be cut, given the budgetary problems

He has not responded to these questions.

I believe that given the parlous state of our finances politicians of Dr Hillery's standing need to start by telling precisely how they will cut waste nationally or generically before using anectodal or quasi projections of local impact.