The Government of Ireland- Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration published the new “Probation Service Annual Report 2024” on 5 August 2025.
The Probation Service is an executive agency of the Department of Justice. It is responsible for the supervision and management of people in the community who have offended. The report gives an overview of the efforts and achievements in meeting the objectives and priorities as an executive agency. The positives were that the Probation Service also managed 1,723 Community Service Orders in 2024, up from 1,614 the previous year. The report also highlights that there is an increase in the number of teenagers and children that the service works with. According to the annual report, there were 609 referrals to the Probation Service last year for children aged 12 to 17, an increase of 10% on the previous year.
The report can be accessed here.