Who We Are
The Probation Service is an agency within the Department of Justice and Equality.
The role of the Service is to reduce the level of crime in the community and increase public safety by:
• The effective assessment and management of offenders,
• Challenging offending behaviour,
• Facilitating the integration of ex-offenders.
We provide probation supervision, community service, offending behaviour programmes and specialist support services to both adult and young offenders, which aim to stop them committing further offences.
Many of our activities are inter-agency and our key partners include the Department of Justice and Equality, the Irish Youth Justice Service, the Court Service, the Irish Prison Service, An Garda Síochána and a range of other organisation in the statutory sector as well as in the voluntary and community sector. We deliver services to individuals, communities, courts and prisons across the entire country. While our services are organised nationally, they are managed and delivered locally.
We have over 500 staff in offices in more than forty locations nationwide. Staff posts are detailed in our organisational structure page and office locations in the contact page.
Although part of the Department of Justice and Equality, the Probation Service is located separately and is managed on a day-to-day basis by the Director of the Probation Service.
The Probation Service Head Office is located at Athlumney House, Johnstown, Co. Meath.
- Message from the Director
- Our Mission
- Our Role
- Our Values
- Organisation Structure
- Probation Service and the Irish Criminal Justice System
- Brief History
