Office of the Director of Equality Investigations
Employment Equality Act, 1998
Equality Officer's Preliminary Decision No: DEC-E/2001/040
Parties
Mr. Patrick O'Shea
(Represented by The Equality Authority)
And
The Italian Embassy
(Represented by Noel O'Gorman & Company, Solicitors)
File No: CDEE2000/109
The issue at hand in this decision is whether or not the Office of the Director of Equality Investigations has jurisdiction to investigate a complaint of discrimination under the Employment Equality Act, 1998 in circumstances where the complainant is employed at the Embassy of a foreign State, located within this country, and where that foreign State is claiming sovereign immunity in accordance with common law.