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Number of cases where ethnic discrimination was found/established by Equality Body/Agency/Court

Code:
S5
Key Area:
Discrimination Statistics
Strand(s):
Statistics
14/03/2012 - 18:41
Short Answer

Data regarding cases brought to the Equality Tribunal and outcomes of such can be found in Equality Tribunal Annual Report 2009. The report does not specify the numbers/results of cases where ethnic discrimination was found.

Qualitative Info

Referrals to the Tribunal 2008 and 2009 Referrals

2008

2009

Employment Equality Acts

831

731

-12%

 

                        Collective Agreements

 

9

33

+267%

Pensions Acts

2

16

+700%

Equal Status Acts

154

126

-18%

Overall referrals

996

906

-9%

 

Numbers of cases
Exemplary cases
Groups affected/interested Migrants, Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Linguistic minorities, Majority, Asylum seekers, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender, Persons with disability, Africans/black people, National minorities
Type (R/D) Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Anti-roma/zinghanophobia, Religious intolerance, Inter-ethnic, Intra-ethnic, Nationalism, Homophobia, On grounds of disability, On grounds of other belief, Anti-roma/ romaphobia, Xenophobia
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas Policing - law enforcement, Employment - labour market, Housing, Health and social protection, Education, Culture, Political discourse -parties - orgs, Political participation, Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism, Integration - social cohesion, Daily life, Religion
External Url http://www.equalitytribunal.ie/Publications/Annual-Reports/Annual-ReportFinal2009.pdf
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