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Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025
- Sponsor
- Conor Murphy · Sinn Féin
- Introduced
- 13 May 2025
- Last updated
- 14 May 2025
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Adds 'socio-economic disadvantage' as a protected ground in the Employment Equality Act 1998, making it illegal to discriminate against job applicants or employees based on their area of origin or socio-economic background.
- Adds 'socio-economic disadvantage' as a protected ground in the Equal Status Act 2000, preventing discrimination in provision of goods, services, accommodation and education based on socio-economic status.
- Defines comparators and exceptions for both Acts to implement the new ground, including housing provider exemptions and clarifying when different treatment on socio-economic grounds is unlawful.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage27th Seanad13 May 2025
- Second Stage27th Seanad13 May 2025
Debates
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