Dorinda Walsh awarded €12,500 over HAP discrimination

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Dorinda Walsh was awarded €12,500 for housing assistance discrimination by the Workplace Relations Commission in a decision dated 25 May 2023. The complaint concerned her landlord’s failure to complete a Housing Assistance Payment application form.

The adjudication officer found that Martin Murray engaged in delay and diversionary tactics to avoid completing the form, and had not rebutted the inference of discrimination. The WRC found the complaint well founded and ordered compensation of €12,500.