Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We have had the debacle of the Government's bicycle shed, its security hut, the doubling of costs for modular homes, €9 million for phone pouches and, of course, the mind-blowing cost overruns for the national children's hospital. The list goes on and on. We discover now, however, that over six months the Government has spent almost €500,000 of the people's money on private jets to meetings in Europe.

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