Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide in tabular form a Statewide list of community probation teams, by area, the number of staff employed in each and the number of vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17689/24]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I can advise the Deputy that Community Teams within the Probation Service are structured into 7 operational regions, 5 geographical regions and two national regions. Below we have included 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. 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 centres.
7. Community Service: teams with responsibility for the management and delivery of community service nationwide.