D Friday, September 11, 2009 METRO What happened to the 622,000?FRAUD detectives have handed prosecutors their investigation into an advertising agency that is suspected of double-charging Fs. It is understood the companys owner ran several firms which regularly billed the State training agency more than once for the same work. According to Garda, a Fs employee is under investigation in relation to the mysterious payout of 622,000 over a period of several years for goods and services never supplied. The Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation was called in after an audit of the agencys advertising and promotions spending. It found 47 invoices to two different payees which could not be accounted for between 2002 and 2008. These shortcomings are believed to have played a part in the 622,000 being paid out. Expenses: Rody Molloy Launching the Gaiety School of Actings 5,000 course giveaway to mark its new part-time programme was former pupil Nicole Elizabeth. For a chance to win, visit: www.gaietyschool.com chain reaction new investigation into Fs paymentsBy coN dohERty A REPORT by the Comptroller & Auditor General has forced a power- ful Dil committee to re-open its in- quiry into the extraordinary waste of taxpayers money at state employ- ment agency Fs. An investigation by C&AG John Buckley has revealed that Fs spent more than 600,000 creating a TV advertising campaign only to find that there wasnt enough money to pay for it to be broadcast. Garda were also called in to investigate a mysterious payment of 622,000 to two individu- als, while 9,200 was spent on a car that was never delivered. The Public Accounts Committee will be examining this issue in detail and will be seeking answers from Fs on how advertising and promotion were dealt with, said its chairman Bernard Allen. The Opposition yesterday urged Tnaiste Mary Coughlan to sack the entire board of directors at Fs. A spokesman for Ms Coughlan said she acknowledged that the issues highlighted in the report demonstrat- ed serious deficiencies over a specific period of time. Former Fs Director General Roddy Molloy resigned last year over exor- bitant travel and accommodation ex- penses paid to him by the employ- ment agency. C&AG Mr Buckley has been exam- ining a series of issues at Fs and his latest report focuses on excessive ad- vertising and promotional expendi- ture at the agency between 2002 and 2008. The report found that more than 48million was spent on advertising and promotions at the agency over a six-year period and that this spending was in itself 18million over budget. More than 600,000 was frittered away on the creation of TV advertise- ments which could not then be broad- cast because there was no money left to pay for them, it was found. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html24.html25.html26.html27.html