http://www.mijag.com/ are launching a campaign to highlight the fact that the insurance companies of ireland are breaking the law by discrimating against people under the grounds of age.
Click Equality Act 2000 (pdf) to view the equality act 2000 which states that people should not be discrimated against because of age. Check out http://www.equality.ie/ for some interesting information.
Equality Act 2000 in brief.
The Equality Authority replaced the Employment Equality Agency and has a greatly expanded role and functions. The Employment Equality Act, 1998 and the Equal Status Act , 2000 outlaw discrimination in employment, vocational training, advertising, collective agreements, the provision of goods and services and other opportunities to which the public generally have access on nine distinct grounds.
These grounds are:
- gender
- marital status
- family status
- sexual orientation
- religion
- age (does not apply to a person either under 18 or over 65)
- disability
- race
- membership of the Traveller community.
Excerpt above is taken from http://www.oasis.gov.ie/appeals/equality_authority.html .