Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 July 2006
579 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases handled by the Probation Service from 2000 to date in 2006; and the number of staff employed by the Probation Service for the same period. [27830/06]
View answerI wish to advise the Deputy that the number of cases handled by the Probation Service from 2000 to date in 2006 are as set out in the tables. The Deputy should be aware that the statistics for 2005 are subject to review due to refinements and upgrading currently underway on the case tracking system of the Probation Service. The final outturns for 2005 are expected to be confirmed in the coming weeks. The Deputy should also be aware that the figures for 2006 to date are provisional.
|
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
|
|
Pre-Sanction Reports |
5,617 |
4,881 |
5,056 |
5,101 |
6,130 |
6,385 |
3,505 |
|
Community Service Reports |
1,732 |
1,467 |
1,560 |
1,541 |
1,307 |
2,040 |
1,287 |
|
Victim Reports |
52 |
64 |
57 |
60 |
78 |
64 |
40 |
|
Total number of reports |
7,401 |
6,412 |
6,673 |
6,702 |
7,515 |
8,489 |
4,832 |
|
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
|
|
Probation Order |
1,345 |
1,228 |
1,265 |
1,217 |
1,878 |
1,274 |
887 |
|
Community Service Order |
998 |
756 |
916 |
893 |
843 |
1,167 |
850 |
|
Post Release Supervision |
116 |
118 |
155 |
207 |
129 |
81 |
99 |
|
Supervision during deferment of penalty |
2,625 |
2,373 |
2,334 |
3,048 |
5,623 |
5,230 |
2,100 |
|
Total |
5,084 |
4,475 |
4,670 |
5,365 |
8,473 |
7,752 |
3,936 |
The total number of staff employed by the Probation Service for the same period was as follows:
|
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
|
|
Total Number Serving * |
247.00 |
307.5 |
328.5 |
329.1 |
341.2 |
342.88 |
357.26 |
*It should be noted that these figures are inclusive of administrative staff.
In addition to the Service currently employs 79 Community Service Supervisors 23 of whom are employed on a full-time basis.
