OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF EQUALITY INVESTIGATIONS
Equal Status Act 2000
EQUALITY OFFICER'S DECISION NO: DEC-S2002-029
Martin Mongan
V
Bellway Limited, t/a
The Laurels Pub, Clondalkin, Dublin
File No. ES/2001/593
Date of Issue 27/03/2002
Headnotes:Equal Status Act, 2000 - Direct discrimination, section 3(1)(a) - Membership of the Traveller community, Section 3(2)(i) - Disposal of goods and supply of services, Section 5(1) - Refusal of service in a pub - Activities not discrimination, section 15 (2)
This dispute concerns a claim by Mr. Martin Mongan that he was discriminated against by a member of staff of the Laurels Pub contrary to the Equal Status Act, 2000, on the grounds that he is a member of the Traveller community. The complainant alleged that he was discriminated against on the Traveller community ground by the respondent when he was refused service in the pub on 29 June, 2001. The respondent denied that Mr. Mongan was discriminated against and stated that the only reason service was refused in June, 2001 was because the barman considered that a woman in the company of Mr. Mongan was inappropriately dressed and that this was in breach of the pub's dress code.