OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF EQUALITY INVESTIGATIONS
Equal Status Act 2000
Equality Officer Decision: DEC-S2002- 021 - 022
Mr. Andrew Cash
Mrs. Kay Cash
(represented by John M Foley & Co., Solicitors)
V.
Mr. Rory Deane, Deane's Pub
(Represented by Peter G. Crean & 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 pubs, prima facie case - Risk of criminal or disorderly conduct, Section 15(1), - Action taken in good faith, Section 15(2), Section 3(2)(j) - victimisation
The dispute concerns a claim by Mr. Andrew Cash and Mrs. Kay Cash that they were discriminated against by Mr. Rory Deane, Proprietor of Deane's Pub, on the Traveller community ground in terms of Sections 3(1)(a), and 3(2)(i) of the Equal Status Act, 2000, in that they were not provided with a service which is generally available to the public, contrary to Section 5(1) of that Act.