Use of government jet costs almost €500,000 so far this year

The government has used private jets for international travel twice as much this year, as in all of 2020.

There were 32 trips by the end of last month - compared to 16 last year, when the pandemic was at its peak.

This year's journeys cost over €482,000, with flights by the Finance Minister to Cyprus and Greece in July costing over €47,000.

People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy says it's not money well spent: