Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 17 July 2025

Committee on Children and Equality

General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Mr. Christopher Bowes:

Yes, what we are trying to do is capture as many people's experiences as possible. It then falls to the individual who has experienced discrimination on that basis to establish in the WRC a prima facie case, as we term it, that they have experienced discrimination on that basis. For all the grounds across the board, these broad, inclusive approaches are the way to go. We need to make sure that no one is excluded from it and then the individual has the opportunity to pursue a case.

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