Community Service Orders

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 July 2014

Wednesday, 16 July 2014

Ceisteanna (208)

Pádraig MacLochlainn

Ceist:

208. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of every person on community service on an hourly and weekly basis. [31887/14]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Justice and Equality

I can advise the Deputy that an examination by the Probation Service in 2013 of Community Service costs based on 2012 data showed the average cost of completion of a Community Service Order to be €1,500.

In 2013, there were 2,354 Community Service Orders made, with a total of just over 352,000 hours in lieu of a custodial sentence. Based on 2013 data, the average number of hours for each Community Service Order is approximately 150 hours.