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According to this report, the directors of FAS now say that there there misinformation and in some cases, the board was misled with regard to spending within FAS.
Now, as someone who makes monthly reports and presentations to a board of directors I can honestly say that I would be sacked without question if it was revealed that I misled them. I certainly wouldn't be still in the job or given a golden handshake to make me go quitely. And yet as far as I am aware, there has been one resignation.
I have to say that this guy Saul makes me laugh. He is a perfect example of what is wrong with this country. It's never 'my' fault. It's always someone elses. These guys were paid handsome director fees to do a job. Things happened on their watch that shouldn't of happened. Nobody is saying they benefited or didn't do the job to the best of their abilities but the fact remains that the buck stops at the top. They have to accept responsibility and go. They are like the bank boards, regulator, senior civil servants, ministers. None of them are willing to accept any responsibility for what happens under them.
Another example is John O'Donaghue and his 'I didn't arrange it' defence for his spending. So he didn't stop for one moment in the back of the Limo taking him between terminals or in the hotel suite at the Cannes film festival that this money might be better spent by giving a bigger grant to one of underfunded sports stars. I suppose it's a lot easier to turn around Dervla O 'Rourke and tell her that grant is being cut than maybe look at your own spending. But then again, he was only the minister. He didn't know.
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According to this report, the directors of FAS now say that there there misinformation and in some cases, the board was misled with regard to spending within FAS.
Now, as someone who makes monthly reports and presentations to a board of directors I can honestly say that I would be sacked without question if it was revealed that I misled them. I certainly wouldn't be still in the job or given a golden handshake to make me go quitely. And yet as far as I am aware, there has been one resignation.
I have to say that this guy Saul makes me laugh. He is a perfect example of what is wrong with this country. It's never 'my' fault. It's always someone elses. These guys were paid handsome director fees to do a job. Things happened on their watch that shouldn't of happened. Nobody is saying they benefited or didn't do the job to the best of their abilities but the fact remains that the buck stops at the top. They have to accept responsibility and go. They are like the bank boards, regulator, senior civil servants, ministers. None of them are willing to accept any responsibility for what happens under them.
Another example is John O'Donaghue and his 'I didn't arrange it' defence for his spending. So he didn't stop for one moment in the back of the Limo taking him between terminals or in the hotel suite at the Cannes film festival that this money might be better spent by giving a bigger grant to one of underfunded sports stars. I suppose it's a lot easier to turn around Dervla O 'Rourke and tell her that grant is being cut than maybe look at your own spending. But then again, he was only the minister. He didn't know.
Rant over