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Members of the public have expressed concern about the cost of deportation flights in correspondence to Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan

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