Law disproportionately impacts disabled people and members of Traveller communities, says watchdog.
Discrimination claims against pubs should be heard in the Workplace Relations Commission and access to legal aid provided, says the Free Legal Advice Centre.
A law providing for the different treatment of complaints over being refused entry to pubs and other licenses premises is disproportionately impacting on disabled people and members of the Traveller and Roma communities, according to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission(IHREC).
The law, under which complaints over refusal of entry are dealt with by the District Court rather than the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), where most complaints of discrimination are addressed, is “not fit for purpose”
"Responsibility of intoxicated liquor act should be brought back to the Workplace relations Commissions
"The change meant that if you felt you were discrimminated against it meant you now had to go through to the district court.
"It's a more elaborate process and more expensive process," he said.
"If a business owner decides that someone cannot come into their premises on the basis of race or gender, then that's breaking the law," he said.
Traveller Legal Service Solicitor, Free Legal Advice Centre, Christopher McCann spoke with Clem Ryan on Tuesday morning's Kildare Today:
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