Has anything changed since revelations of €400k spending spree?

THE relighting of the Fás scandal touch-paper comes after the full scale of the expenses claims made by just one senior member of the state body were obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.

Between 2001 and 2008 Gregory Craig racked up credit card expenses bills totalling €400,000 in international flights, hotels and dinners in some of the leading capitals of the world — and expected the cash-strapped taxpayer to pick up the costly bill.

According to reports yesterday, the former Fás corporate affairs director’s visa card was used to pay for €49,500 worth of restaurant and bar bills in Dublin, New York, Brussels, Florida, Moscow and Warsaw during the period.