Molloy refused to accept findings on overspending

FORMER Fás boss Rody Molloy refused to accept the findings of an internal audit report on overspending in 2007, complaining to the board of the agency that the investigation did not show “courtesy” to senior management.

The findings in the report were not made public at the time but eventually triggered a number of investigations by the gardaí, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

Mr Molloy, who resigned as director general last November after telling a radio programme he was “entitled” to first-class foreign travel, wrote to the board of Fás with 22 points of disagreement on findings of excessive spending.