Departmental Legal Cases

Tuesday, 21 February 2023

Questions (329)

Violet-Anne Wynne

Question:

329. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of discrimination cases taken and won against his Department over the past ten years, under each of the grounds as applicable, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8898/23]

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Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51.

From records available to me, the number of complaints taken to the Workplace Relations Commission by employees of my Department, in the past 10 years are set out in the table below.

Year	No. of Cases	Grounds	Outcome
2014	1	Discrimination - Disability	WRC found in favour of Department
2023	1	Discrimination – Family Status	Ongoing