Fás boss’s deal broke state rules, PAC told
The Dáil Public Accounts Committee heard how a “special arrangement” was made by officials at the Department of Finance to exempt the payment from the official guidelines on severance payments.
A senior civil servant in the department went against the advice of three of his colleagues to refer the deal to cabinet and was simply asked by Finance Minister Brian Lenihan if it was “in line with the norms” and answered that it was.
