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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 2 Feb 2000

Vol. 513 No. 4

Written Answers. - Probation and Welfare Service.

Breeda Moynihan-Cronin

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108 Mrs. B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the report of the expert group on the Probation and Welfare Service will be published; if, pending the publication of the report, any additional resources are being allocated to the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2520/00]

The expert group on the Probation and Welfare Service submitted two reports to me, both of which I published, the first one in October 1998 and the second and final one in August 1999.

The first report made a specific recommendation in relation to staffing, as a result of which I secured sanction for 39 additional posts which will enhance the functioning of the Probation and Welfare Service.

Staffing and other resources will fall to be reviewed in the context of formulating plans for implementation of the final report, a copy of which is in the Oireachtas Library.

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