OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF EQUALITY INVESTIGATIONS
EMPLOYMENT EQUALITY ACT, 1977
EQUALITY OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION NO: DEC-E/2000/03
PARTIES
Ms Irene Mac Avin
(Represented by S.I.P.T.U.)
AND
Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands
File No: EE11/1999
The dispute concerns a claim by Ms Irene Mac Avin that on 26th January, 1999, Dúchas the Heritage Service, Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands (referred to in this Recommendation as Dúchas) discriminated against her within the meaning of Section 2(a) of the Employment Equality Act, 1977 and in contravention of Section 3 of that Act when she was placed sixth on a panel for the position of Park Ranger, Phoenix Park.