Written answers
Tuesday, 21 February 2023
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Departmental Legal Cases
Violet-Anne Wynne (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of discrimination cases taken and won against her Department over the past ten years, under each of the grounds as applicable, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8899/23]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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From 1st February 2012 to date, there were 30 cases under the Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2021 or Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2018 where my Department was the respondent. Of these, there were three cases where the Equality Officer/Adjudication Officer of the Workplace Relations Commission (or previously the Equality Tribunal) found against the Department.
| Discriminatory ground under Employment Equality Acts | Found in favour of respondent (Department) | Found in favour of complainant |
|---|---|---|
| Disability | 3 | 0 |
| Age | 2 | 0 |
| Family Status | 2 | 0 |
| Gender | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 0 |
| Discriminatory ground under Equal Status Acts | Found in favour of respondent (Department) | Found in favour of complainant |
|---|---|---|
| Race | 4 | 1 |
| Age | 1 | 1 |
| Membership of the Travelling Community | 4 | 0 |
| Religion | 1 | 0 |
| Disability | 2 | 0 |
| Family status | 1 | 1 |
| Sexual Orientation | 1 | 0 |
| Gender | 3 | 0 |
| Combined grounds of Age and Disability | 1 | 0 |
| Combined grounds of Disability and Race | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 19 | 3 |
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