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Apparently he has just announced his resignation...I just wonder though is this carry-on typical of all government departments. I do not mean by the 'ordinary workers' but by the 'top brass'? It is a sickening waste of public money.
Nothing unusual about the loser paying the other side's costs as part of a settlement.then nearly one years leave with pay while the constructive dismissal action was dealt with. The staffers legal fee where of course paid by Fas.( Fas paying to sue themselves!!!!)
Apparently he has just announced his resignation...I just wonder though is this carry-on typical of all government departments. I do not mean by the 'ordinary workers' but by the 'top brass'? It is a sickening waste of public money.
He is fast going down as the worst (or unluckiest) Taoiseach of all time.
Rody Molloy - From Birr Co. Offaly
Proposed decentralisation of Fas to.......(cue drumroll) you guessed it Birr Co. Offaly!!!
Well since Bertie had, I think, title of the "Teflon Taoiseach" could BC's be...the "Velcro Taoiseach"
Says it all, really.
(in fairness to Cowen, he was Minister for Foreign Affairs at the time that McCreevy announced the decentralisation plans and he was unlikely to have had a role in deciding which state agency should be landed in Birr)
You're giving credit where none is due. It can be assumed that the decentralisation pot was divvied up at cabinet table. It's unlikely that one minister would be given all the spoils from that particular raid on the taxpayers' money.
So yet again, it's unfair to tar all public servants with the Rody Molloy brush.
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This practice (whether you like it or not) is by no means unique to FAS. Isn't the Dept Education currently pursuing the family of the autistic boy who took a case for ABA services for hundreds of thousands in costs? Just as they did for the lady in Cork who took a case for damages arising from abuse as a child.Complainer,
The others cases some of which where "won" by fas where actually settled by the means" if you don’t accept the findings and punishments, we will pursue you for costs, incidentally our costs are €xxx,xxx.” The fear of such cost been a pretty strong incentive to accept.
At least two things wrong with this
1. if the parties where guilty of something then they should have been pursued for costs, not subsidized by the taxpayer.
2. Fas using there huge clout and vastly deep pockets to overwhelm the smaller private firm or individual.
I don't think it is fair to state that 'he cost FAS or us'. He took a case, and won in court, so clearly the fault lies with FAS rather than with him.The constructive dismissal case, cost in excess of 250,000 euro to deal with, the individual involved had already cost 1.75million in legal costs to fas for his poor management, judgment– 2million he cost Fas or us the tax payer!!!, makes a few 1st class flights and a round of golf seem harmless!!!!
I absolutely agree. I also dont think he should just be allowed to walk away...thereby not having to trouble himself to appear in front of the PAC at all. Also am I right in thinking that he will get a very good financial settlement in the process?I hope the PAC don't let this go, and that the C&AG's office start doing a trawl of all Govt Departments and Agencies to check on unvouched or excessive expenses - no public or civil servant should travel first class ever and business class is stretching it a lot. Then, they should start looking at TD/Senator expenses.
Maybe we need another tribunal?I absolutely agree. I also dont think he should just be allowed to walk away...thereby not having to trouble himself to appear in front of the PAC at all. Also am I right in thinking that he will get a very good financial settlement in the process?
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