Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 28 April 2022
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons
9:30 am
Ms Oonagh McPhillips:
I have something here in that regard. I will come back to the Deputy in a moment. The top offences referred to the service in 2020 related to drugs offences. Approximately 75% of referrals related to drugs offences, theft, assault, public order, road traffic and burglary. The number of offenders dealt with in the community in 2020 was 15,500. The figure for 2021 was 15,400. Some 9,300 probation reports were completed for court in 2020 and 10,000 were completed in 2021. That shows a considerable volume of business.
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