DEC-S2001-015

Equal Status Act 2000
Equality Officer Decision DEC-S2001-015

Martina Collins, Fiona Muldoon, Helen Muldoon, Rosey
Maughan, Philomena Collins, Caroline Maughan,
Caroline Maughan-Muldoon, Bernadette Conroy,
(represented by John Gordon & Son, Solicitors)
-v-
Bartra House Hotel
(represented by Denis M. Molloy Solicitors)

Headnotes:Equal Status Act, 200 - Direct Discrimination, Section 3(1) - Membership of the Traveller community, Section 3(2)(i) - supply of goods and services, Section 5(1) - Refusal of service in a pub, primia facie case, vicarious liability - Section 42(1).

This dispute concerns a claim by 8 complainants that they were discriminated against by Bartra House Hotel contrary to the Equal Status Act, 2000, on the grounds that they are members of the Traveller Community. The complainants alleges that the respondent discriminated against them 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.

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