Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 26: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons employed by the Probation Service as probation officers during each of the years since 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37907/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am advised that the number of staff in whole-time equivalent terms in the Probation Service who are Probation Officers including Senior Probation Officers and Assistant Principal Probation Officers for each of the years is as follows:

Year end 2005 : 280

2006 : 280

2007 : 285

2008 : 332

2009 : 296

2010 : 286

The Deputy will note that the current number of Probation Officers approximates to the number at the end of 2007.