Watchdog facilitated cover-up, claims official

THE former director of internal auditing at Fás has made a damning attack on the Comptroller and Auditor General’s office, claiming it facilitated an attempted cover-up at the state training agency.

In an explosive letter to the Public Accounts Committee, Terry Corcoran said senior management at Fás had made every effort to block an internal investigation into the Corporate Affairs division.

He said almost all the concerns raised in the Comptroller and Auditor General’s (C&AG) most recent report on Fás arose from the corporate affairs division.