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文章来源： http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article5258241.ece?token=nulloffset=0page=1 From The Sunday Times November 30, 2008 Life in the Fas lane How exactly did bosses at the controversial state training agency spend its €1bn annual budget? Mark Tighe, Stephen O’Brien and Richard Oakley In July 2003, with all the confidence and aplomb he frequently displayed as a top public servant, Rody Molloy unveiled a new code of ethics for the 2,200 staff in Fas. Honesty, integrity and public accountability, the state agency’s director-general declared, would be the three “core values”. “All our business dealings will be based on the requirement that Fas secures value for money,” the code warned. Employees should avoid any practice perceived to be improper. The code was posted on the Fas website, where it remains to this day. Molloy, however, is no longer director-general. Last Monday he self-destructed after being accused of ignoring the ethical standards he expected of others. His downfall was triggered by receipts that revealed lavish spending by Molloy and his colleagues. For example, since 2004, Molloy, other senior executives and assorted guests, including ministers, spent €643,000 on travel to America at the taxpayers’ expense, mainly on “business” relating to a Science Challenge programme. On some occasions, Molloy was joined by his wife, Noreen, and the couple travelled business class at a cost of up to €10,000. Sometimes he went alone, first class. Fas staff, who have been under Molloy’s guidance since August 2000, also wined and dined extravagantly, running up large bills in hotels at home and abroad. Chauffeur services were booked; expensive gifts and pay-per-view movies purchased. There was a $942 (€740) golf game at the Orlando Florida Grand Cypress resort, and even hair and beauty treatments for Mary Harney, the then enterprise minister, in 2004. All of this was paid for on executive credit cards. By the end of last week, after a public