爱尔兰房东因歧视领取住房援助的残疾租户而罚款5 000欧元。 Irish landlord fined €5,000 for discriminating against disabled tenant receiving housing aid.

A Galway房东Patricia Geraghty因歧视被命令向患有前列腺癌的残疾男子Frank Zimmermann支付5,000欧元。 A Galway landlord, Patricia Geraghty, was ordered to pay €5,000 to Frank Zimmermann, a disabled man with prostate cancer, for discrimination. Zimmermann因残疾而领取住房援助金(HAP),但因收到住房援助金而被剥夺出租住房。 Zimmermann, who receives Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) due to his disability, was denied rental housing because of his receipt of HAP. 工作场所关系委员会裁定,Geraghty歧视Zimmermann,违反了《2000年平等地位法》。 The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that Geraghty breached the Equal Status Act 2000 by discriminating against Zimmermann.