Ivana Bacik (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome very much the acceptance by the Minister of amendment No. 5, which is a very straightforward amendment which seeks to capture the spirit of all of our concerns. We must put to rest the concern that somebody's marital status might be a ground of discrimination following this. Even without the amendment on privacy, it is clear from the wording of subsection (1C) that the action of the employer cannot be a response to an employee's civil or family status.We need to allay people's concerns about it. The test is set so high that an employer's actions cannot be a response to a person's marital status, same-sex or otherwise, or his or her status as an unmarried person or any other family status.