Frank Feighan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 161: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the budgetary allocation for the Probation and Welfare Service each year for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9051/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I can inform the Deputy that the budgetary allocation for the Probation Service for each of the past five years is detailed below, in tabular form.

The Deputy will note that there is a drop in the funding allocation for the current year. This is due to the fact that funding for Juvenile initiatives (€10.5 M.) is now under the remit of the Irish Youth Justice Service and this funding has transferred to the IYJS Vote. However, the Young Persons Probation (YPP), a division of the Probation Service, continues to work closely with the Irish Youth Justice Service in a collaborative way to deliver services to juveniles and in the implementation of the Children Act, 2001, as amended.