IHREC welcomes this opportunity to engage with the Committee in its Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024. We fully support the progressive reform of the Equality Acts and equality architecture in Ireland.
IHREC invested substantial resource in engaging with the Equality Acts Review and our submission refers to our 2021 and 2023 submissions as well as our 2022 Report on section 19 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act and our Policy Statement on Socio-economic Status as a ground of discrimination under the Equality Acts (May 2024).