FIANNA FÁIL Tánaiste Mary Coughlan has defended the huge pay-out to former FÁS Director General Rody Molloy (left) who was given a "larger than necessary" severance package because the Government wanted to "move the organisation on and make sure it changed".Molloy retired on a pension of €111,245 per year and also received a once-off lump sum of €333,735 and two other separate payments of €55,622. He was also allowed to keep a car.
This is all at a time when Community Development Programmes are axed and people trying to get back to work through FÁS jobs training and employment programmes are having their training budgets slashed.
RTÉ says in its report headed Coughlan defends Molloy severance package:
"[Rody Molloy's] departure in November 2008 came after months of criticism at the excessive expenses incurred by executives of FÁS.
"The Tánaiste said his package was agreed following advice from her officials and under sanction from the Department of Finance." (My emphasis.)
So the Fianna Fáil minister and her advisers are responsible for the half-million pay-out to get rid of someone who, it appears, wasn't up to the job.
Whatever happened to the sack?
This is all at a time when Community Development Programmes are axed and people trying to get back to work through FÁS jobs training and employment programmes are having their training budgets slashed.
RTÉ says in its report headed Coughlan defends Molloy severance package:
"[Rody Molloy's] departure in November 2008 came after months of criticism at the excessive expenses incurred by executives of FÁS.
"The Tánaiste said his package was agreed following advice from her officials and under sanction from the Department of Finance." (My emphasis.)
So the Fianna Fáil minister and her advisers are responsible for the half-million pay-out to get rid of someone who, it appears, wasn't up to the job.
Whatever happened to the sack?
