Unit: Probation and Welfare Service

Probation and Welfare Service

Monday 1st of January 1979 - Monday 26th of June 2006

Previously known as the 'Welfare Service'. In 1979 was re-named to the 'Probation and Welfare Service'. Restructured as the 'Probation Service' in 2006. The Probation of Offenders Act (1907) provided for statutory supervision of offenders in the community and is the foundation for probation work in Ireland.

From date: 1979-01-01
To date: 2006-06-26
Source: McGauran et al. 2005; Criminal Justice (Community Service) Act 1983; Criminal Justice Act 2006; http://www.probation.ie/
Confidence: Very Confident
Legal forms: Executive Agency (without independent legal personality)
- Source: Criminal Justice (Community Service) Act 1983; Criminal Justice Act 2006; http://www.probation.ie/
- From date: 1979-01-01
- To date: 2006-06-26
- Confidence: Very Confident
Functions: Delivery
- Source: Criminal Justice (Community Service) Act 1983; Criminal Justice Act 2006; http://www.probation.ie/
- From date: 1979-01-01
- To date: 2006-06-26
- Confidence: Very Confident
Policy domains: Public Order and Safety
- Source: Criminal Justice (Community Service) Act 1983; Criminal Justice Act 2006; http://www.probation.ie/
- From date: 1979-01-01
- To date: 2006-06-26
- Confidence: Very Confident
Policy domains: Social Protection
- Source: Criminal Justice (Community Service) Act 1983; Criminal Justice Act 2006; http://www.probation.ie/
- From date: 1979-01-01
- To date: 2006-06-26
- Confidence: Very Confident
Parents: Department of Justice (I)
- Source: Criminal Justice (Community Service) Act 1983; S.I. No. 298/1997; http://www.probation.ie/
- From date: 1979-01-01
- To date: 1997-07-09
- Confidence: Very Confident
Parents: Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Source: McGauran et al. 2005; S.I. No. 298/1997; Criminal Justice Act 2006
- From date: 1997-07-09
- To date: 2006-06-26
- Confidence: Very Confident
Counties: Dublin
- Source: IPA Yearbooks
- From date: 1979-01-01
- To date: 2006-06-26
- Confidence: Very Confident
Cofog: public order and safety NEC
- Source: Criminal Justice (Community Service) Act 1983; Criminal Justice Act 2006; http://www.probation.ie/
- To date: 2006-06-26
- Confidence: Very Confident
Cofog: social exclusion NEC
- Source: Criminal Justice (Community Service) Act 1983; Criminal Justice Act 2006; http://www.probation.ie/
- To date: 2006-06-26
- Confidence: Very Confident
Cofog: social protection NEC
- Source: Criminal Justice (Community Service) Act 1983; Criminal Justice Act 2006; http://www.probation.ie/
- To date: 2006-06-26
- Confidence: Very Confident
FOI: yes
- Source: Freedom of Information Act 1997
- From date: 1998-04-21
- To date: 2006-06-26
- Confidence: Very Confident
URL: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2006/act/26/enacted/en/html
URL: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1983/act/23/enacted/en/html

Associated Events
Name	Date	From	To
Probation Service	2006-06-26	Probation and Welfare Service	Probation Service
Probation and Welfare Service	1979-01-01	Welfare Service	Probation and Welfare Service

Unit Information

Probation and Welfare Service