Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 10 July 2008
773 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the negotiations between his Department and the European Commission regarding Ireland’s transposition of the directive prohibiting gender discrimination in the access to an supply of goods and services which should have been enacted into Irish law by 21 December 2007. [28490/08]
View answerThe Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2004 prohibit discrimination in access to and supply of goods and services on nine grounds including that of gender. Minor amendments to the Equal Status Act 2000 were required in order to complete the transposition into Irish law of Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004. These are provided for in Part 14 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006 which completed its passage through both Houses on 1 July 2008.
The European Commission is being informed about progress in this matter.
