Má dhéantar idirdhealú ort, is féidir leat rud éigin a dhéanamh faoi.
Cosnaíonn dlíthe comhionannais na hÉireann daoine ar chineálacha áirithe idirdhealaithe, ciaptha agus gnéaschiaptha. Tá sé d’aidhm leo iad seo a chur chun cinn:
- Comhdheiseanna oibre, nuair atá tú, mar shampla, ag cur isteach ar phost, i mbun oibre, ag cur isteach ar ardú céime nó ag lorg pá comhionann.
- Cóir chomhionann nuair atá tú ag fáil earraí, seirbhísí, saoráidí agus cóiríochta, nuair atá tú, mar shampla, ag úsáid seirbhísí poiblí, ag lorg tithíochta, ag taisteal ar bhus, ag freastal ar an scoil nó ar an gcoláiste, nó ag dul isteach i dteach tábhairne.
Cuireann na hAchtanna um Chomhionannas Fostaíochta agus na hAchtanna um Stádas Comhionann cosc ar idirdhealú ar fhorais shonracha. Go hiondúil, tarlaíonn idirdhealú nuair a dhéileáiltear le duine le níos lú fabhair ná mar a dhéileáiltear le duine eile i gcás cosúil leis, mar go bhfuil siad difriúil ar cheann de na forais seo a leanas: Aois, Stádas Sibhialta, Míchumas, Stádas Teaghlaigh, Inscne, Comhaltas/Duine den Lucht Siúil, Cine, Creideamh, Gnéaschlaonadh. Níl feidhm ag an bhforas Íocaíochta Cúnaimh Tithíochta ach faoi na hAchtanna um Stádas Comhionann.
Má cheapann tú go ndearnadh idirdhealú ort, úsáid an treoir chéim ar chéim anseo thíos chun tuiscint a fháil ar an gcaoi le do chearta a éileamh. Is chun críche eolais amháin a thugtar an treoir seo. Má tá comhairle dhlí uait, ba cheart duit dul i dteagmháil le gairmí dlí cáilithe. An nuashonrú is déanaí: an 1 Deireadh Fómhair 2021.
Roghnaigh an cás ina bhfuil tú agus an foras is cúis leis an idirdhealú a rinneadh ort dar leat:
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What are the different types of discrimination?
You can experience discrimination in four different ways:
Direct discrimination
Where someone treats you less favourably than another person in a similar situation because of a different personal characteristic or circumstance that falls under the protected grounds.
Indirect discrimination
Where a seemingly neutral system or policy disadvantages you because of a personal characteristic or circumstance that falls under the protected grounds.
Discrimination by imputation
Where someone treats you less favourably than another person in a similar situation because someone has incorrectly assumed (‘imputed’) that you fall under the protected grounds.
Discrimination by association
Where someone treats you less favourably than another person in a similar situation because of your connection, relationship or association with someone who falls under the protected grounds.
What are the protected grounds?
Under Irish law, the protected grounds are:
Gender (male, female, transgender or nonbinary)
If someone treats you less favourably because you are a different gender to someone else.
Civil status (single, married, separated, divorced, widowed or in a civil partnership)
If someone treats you less favourably because you have a different civil status to someone else.
Family status (a pregnant person, a parent, an acting parent of a child, or a carer of a person with a disability who requires continued care)
If someone treats you less favourably because you have a different family status to someone else.
(Note: some situations falling under this ground may also fall under the gender ground.)
Sexual orientation (heterosexual, homosexual or bisexual orientation)
If someone treats you less favourably because you have a different sexual orientation to someone else.
Age (only applies to those who are aged eighteen years and over)
If someone treats you less favourably because you are older or younger than someone else and it is without a good reason (‘objective justification’).
(Note: this ground does not cover alleged discrimination against children in schools.)
Religious belief (including religious background and those who have no belief)
If someone treats you less favourably because you have a different religion to someone else, or, for example, because you do not have a religion and someone else does.
Membership of the Traveller community
If someone treats you less favourably because you are a member of the Traveller community and someone else is not.
Race (skin colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin)
If someone treats you less favourably because you have a different skin colour, nationality or ethnicity to someone else.
Disability (intellectual, mental and/or physical disability)
If someone treats you less favourably because you have a disability and someone else has a different disability or does not have a disability.
Under the disability ground, please also see information on disability and reasonable accommodation.
If you are trying to access housing or accommodation, there is one extra protected ground:
Housing assistance (including housing assistance payment (HAP), rent supplement or another social welfare payment)
If someone treats you less favourably because you are receiving rent supplement, housing assistance payment (HAP), or another type of social welfare payment and someone else is not.
