The cost of the flight that departed for Pakistan on September 23rd does not include support services such as ground-handling, on-board paramedics, and flight management.

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Thirty five people, including five children, were deported on a flight from Dublin to Lagos, Nigeria on Wednesday night

The department said expenditure was sometimes necessary for executive seats when a deportation officer was immediately returning to Ireland from a long-haul flight without staying at the destination

Deportation flights from Ireland could begin "by the end of the year" according to the Department of Justice