OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF EQUALITY INVESTIGATIONS
Equal Status Act 2000
EQUALITY OFFICER'S DECISION NO: DEC-S2002-007
Ms Nora Barrett
V
Victoria Hotel, Galway
(Represented by V.P. Shields & Son, Solicitors)
File No. ES/2001/102
Date of Issue 28/02/2002
Key words:Equal Status Act 2000 - Direct discrimination, section 3(1)(a) - Membership of the Traveller community, section 3(2)(i) - Supply of goods and services, section 5(1) - Tickets bought for hotel function - Refusal of admission - ID sought prior to admission
This dispute concerns a complaint by Ms Nora Barrett that she was discriminated against, contrary to Sections 3(1) and 3(2)(i) of the Equal Status Act 2000, by the Victoria Hotel, Galway on the grounds of her membership of the Traveller community. The complainant maintains that she was discriminated against on the Traveller community ground in terms of sections 3(1) and 3(2)(i) of the Equal Status Act 2000 in that she was denied a service which is generally available to the public contrary to Section 5(1) of the Act.