Equal Status Act, 2002
Decision DEC-S2002-137
Ms. Mary Delaney
(represented by O'Carroll & Co. Solicitors)
V
The Lisheen Bar & Restaurant
(represented by Lewis C Doyle & Co. Solicitors)
Key words:Equal Status Act, 2000 - Direct discrimination, section 3(1) - Membership of the Traveller community, Section 3(2)(i) - Supply of goods and services, Section 5(1) - service in a licensed restaurant, proof of age, prima facie case.
The dispute concerns a claim by the above named complainant that she was discriminated against on the Traveller community ground by The Lisheen Bar and Restaurant, in terms of Sections 2 and 5 of the Equal Status Act, 2000 and contrary to Section 3 of that Act, when she was refused entry to the respondent's restaurant.