DEC-S2002-120, DEC-S2002-121

Equal Status Act 2000
EQUALITY OFFICER'S DECISION NOs: DEC-S2002- 120 & 121

Tommy and Mary O'Donnell
(represented by Mr Michael Waugh )
V
D & N Taverns Ltd t/a Caulfields Pub, Maynooth
(represented by Smith Foy & Partners, Solicitors)

File No. ES/2001/669-670
Date of Issue 18/11/2002

Key words: Equal Status Act 2000 - Direct discrimination, section 3(1)(a) - Membership of the Traveller community, section 3(2)(i) - Gender Ground, section 3(2)(a) - Supply of goods and services, section 5(1) - Refusal of service in pub - Establishment of a prima facie case

This dispute concerns a complaint by Tommy and Mary O'Donnell that they were discriminated against, contrary to the Equal Status Act 2000, by Caulfields Pub, Maynooth. The complainants maintain that they were discriminated against on the Traveller community ground in terms of sections 3(1)(a) and 3(2)(i) of the Equal Status Act 2000 in not being provided with a service which is generally available to the public contrary to Section 5(1) of the Act. Ms O'Donnell also claims that she was discriminated against on the gender ground in terms of section 3(2)(a) of the Equal Status Act 2000.

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