Vol. 509 No. 1
109 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the staffing levels of the probation and welfare service; the areas in which staff are deployed; the number of clients per area; and if he will make a statement on the adequacy of these levels of staff. [19742/99]
The service is organised into five regions with 19 local offices and there is an office in each of the 15 penal institutions.
The workloads of service personnel assigned to courts are demanding and vary from area to area. The figures in the following table include pre-sanction reports ordered by the courts, probation orders, community service orders and deferment of penalty. The figures shown are as at 1 August 1999 as they are the most up to date available and will vary slightly from month to month. The figures for those in custody show the number of staff working in each of the fifteen penal institutions.
The workloads in some areas are much heavier than in others, but every District Court district area has at least one officer.
The following table does not include the one senior probation and welfare officer and three probation and welfare officers assigned to work with young offenders in special schools, neither does it show the two probation and welfare officers assigned to staff development or the one senior probation and welfare officer and two probation and welfare officers assigned to the research unit or staff assigned to the Adoption Board.
The agreed increase of thirty nine posts, earlier this year will enable a more comprehensive service to the courts reducing workloads significantly.
|
Institution |
SPWO |
PWO |
Sentenced offenders in custody on7 October, 1999 |
|
Mountjoy (Males) |
1 |
7 |
714 |
|
Mountjoy (Females) |
– |
1 |
62 |
|
Training Unit |
1 |
2 |
92 |
|
St. Patrick's Institution |
– |
2 |
192 |
|
Wheatfield |
1 |
3 |
363 |
|
Arbour Hill (Delivering Groupwork Programme) |
–1 |
21.5 |
138 |
|
Curragh |
– |
0.5 |
92 |
|
Portlaoise |
– |
1 |
136 |
|
Cork |
– |
2.5 |
274 |
|
Fort Mitchel |
– |
1 |
99 |
|
Limerick (Males and Females) |
– |
2 |
226 |
|
Castlerea |
– |
1 |
191 |
|
Loughan House |
– |
1 |
52 |
|
Shanganagh Castle |
– |
1 |
31 |
|
Shelton Abbey |
– |
1 |
38 |
|
4 |
29.5 |
|
TOTALS |
33.5 |
2,700 |
|
Team/Area |
SPWO |
PWO |
Workload |
|
Ballyfermot |
1 |
2.5 |
118 |
|
Dunlaoghaire |
1 |
4.5 |
216 |
|
Tallaght |
1 |
5 |
228 |
|
Crumlin |
1 |
4 |
129 |
|
Clondalkin |
1 |
2 |
137 |
|
Finglas |
1 |
4 |
232 |
|
North Dublin |
1 |
4 |
271 |
|
Dublin 7/Blanchardstown |
1 |
3 |
246 |
|
Dundalk |
1 |
3 |
157 |
|
Navan |
1 |
4 |
220 |
|
Dublin – North Inner City |
1 |
4 |
285 |
|
Dublin – South Inner City |
1 |
3 |
210 |
|
(Dublin) Circuit Court Team |
1 |
5 |
310 |
|
Dublin – Intensive Probation (1) |
1 |
4.5 |
122 |
|
Dublin – Intensive Probation (2) |
1 |
3 |
116 |
|
Athlone |
1 |
3 |
301 |
|
Castlebar/Leitrim |
1 |
3 |
133 |
|
Galway |
1 |
4.5 |
221 |
|
Limerick City |
1 |
3 |
155 |
|
Limerick County |
1 |
4 |
244 |
|
Portlaoise |
– |
4 |
342 |
|
Sligo/Donegal |
1 |
3 |
127 |
|
Cork |
2 |
10 |
512 |
|
Cork – Intensive Probation |
1 |
3.5 |
55 |
|
Carlow/Kilkenny |
1 |
4.5 |
331 |
|
Tralee |
1 |
4 |
131 |
|
Wexford |
1 |
3 |
232 |
|
Waterford/Clonmel |
1 |
5 |
456 |
|
28 |
110 |
|
TOTALS |
138 |
6,237 |
