Written answers

Thursday, 6 July 2006

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

Probation and Welfare Service

6:00 pm

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 579: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases handled by the Probation Service from 2000 to date in 2006; and the number of staff employed by the Probation Service for the same period. [27830/06]

Photo of Michael McDowellMichael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that the number of cases handled by the Probation Service from 2000 to date in 2006 are as set out in the tables. The Deputy should be aware that the statistics for 2005 are subject to review due to refinements and upgrading currently underway on the case tracking system of the Probation Service. The final outturns for 2005 are expected to be confirmed in the coming weeks. The Deputy should also be aware that the figures for 2006 to date are provisional.

Reports Prepared for Courts
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Pre-Sanction Reports 5,617 4,881 5,056 5,101 6,130 6,385 3,505
Community Service Reports 1,732 1,467 1,560 1,541 1,307 2,040 1,287
Victim Reports 52 64 57 60 78 64 40
Total number of reports 7,401 6,412 6,673 6,702 7,515 8,489 4,832
Supervision Undertaken
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Probation Order 1,345 1,228 1,265 1,217 1,878 1,274 887
Community Service Order 998 756 916 893 843 1,167 850
Post Release Supervision 116 118 155 207 129 81 99
Supervision during deferment of penalty 2,625 2,373 2,334 3,048 5,623 5,230 2,100
Total 5,084 4,475 4,670 5,365 8,473 7,752 3,936

The total number of staff employed by the Probation Service for the same period was as follows:

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total Number Serving * 247.00 307.5 328.5 329.1 341.2 342.88 357.26
*It should be noted that these figures are inclusive of administrative staff.

In addition to the Service currently employs 79 Community Service Supervisors 23 of whom are employed on a full-time basis.

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