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