Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK or Ireland where there is no protection against age discrimination in the provision of goods, facilities and services. A private member’s bill is being brought forward by Claire Sugden MLA to propose legislation to tackle this issue and close the gap in our equality laws to give people the right to challenge this age-based discrimination.
Siobhán is working on a response to this consultation. If you have any comments you wish to include please get in touch with Siobhán as soon as possible at policy@wsn.org.uk
The deadline for comments is Friday 20th June 2025 and the consultation is available here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdw4Z7Q6MSRsjqpvzQS0pQdkX6J8a-uyJyVLa_tQHzvw9TScg/viewform
