Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein)
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699. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the staffing levels of the Probation Service by county in each of the years since 2018 to date in tabular form. [32367/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that personnel within the Probation Service are structured into seven operational regions, five geographical regions and two national regions. Outlined below are details of the operational regions and the counties which they cover.

1. Dublin North/North East: Dublin North including counties Meath and Louth

2. Dublin South/Wicklow: Dublin South including county Wicklow

3. South West: including counties Kerry, Cork, Limerick and Clare

4. Midlands/South East: including counties Offaly, Kildare, Laois, Tipperary, Kilkenny, Carlow, Wexford and Waterford

5. West, North West and Westmeath: including Mayo, Sligo, Donegal, Monaghan, Cavan, Westmeath, Longford, Leitrim, Roscommon and Galway;

6. Prisoners and Reintegration: covering probation work in all prisons and dedicated high risk/sex offender’s team. 

7. Young Persons Probation (YPP): working with children and young people aged 12-18 years who are before the Courts or who are in Children detention schools.

The current number (FTE) of Probation Officers deployed regionally is outlined below:

*Other staff includes Senior Management, Regional Managers, Senior Probation Officers, Administrative/Business Support Staff, Community Service Supervisors, and Service Officers.

The Probation service is currently carrying a number of vacancies which it is in the process of filling.