Green ministers had no knowledge of ex-Fás chief’s €1m golden handshake, says Gormley

THE two Green Party ministers did not know of former Fás director general Rody Molloy’s massive redundancy package, party leader John Gormley said yesterday.

Questioned about theestimated €1 million “golden handshake”, Mr Molloy received following his forced resignation last November, the Environment Minister said such matters are not raised at cabinet and were not, on this occasion, brought before the cabinet.

“It’s not normal for a severance package to be discussed at cabinet. It was sanctioned by the Department of Finance; you have to have a certain amount of confidence of the department to do their jobs.”