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Making older people equal: reforming the law on access to services in Northern Ireland
- Authors:
- GLENNON Lisa, DICKSON Brice
- Publisher:
- Changing Ageing Partnership
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 93p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This research examined the law in other countries to see how they protect people against discrimination on the grounds of age when accessing goods, facilities or services. The aim was to see if similar laws should be implemented in Northern Ireland. Chapter 1 explains the legal, social and political background to the research project, including developments in England and Wales and at the level of the European Union. Chapter 2 sets out the findings that emerged from the research, based on a study of the laws operating in the four countries examined in detail (Republic of Ireland, Canada, the United States of America, and Australia). Chapter 3 provides a brief summary of the recommendations based on the research findings. The report concludes that there is a very strong case for amending the law of Northern Ireland so as to outlaw discrimination on age grounds when people are accessing goods, facilities or services. Appendices are included which provide an overview of the law in the four countries studied and details of the scope of protection provided.