Breastfeeding in Public - Discrimination

If you feel you have been discriminated against while Breastfeeding in public and wish to lodge a claim under the Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2004 you need to do the following:

1) Contact the Equality Tribunal on (01) 4774100 and request that an ES1, ES2, and ES3 form be forwarded to you or alternatively you could download the forms from their website www.equalitytribunal.ie.

2) Please note that anybody wishing to make a claim of discrimination under the Equal Status Act must notify the person against whom the claim is being made, within two months of the date of the most recent occurrence of the discrimination.

3) If there is no reply or the reply is unsatisfactory the complaint should be referred to the Equality Tribunal at the address given above within six months of the discrimination.

Summary of Process Involved.

ES1 FORM – Complaint Form, the respondent must be informed of the complaint using this form within 2 months of the incident of discrimination.

ES2 FORM – this form must be sent to the respondent with the ES1 form to allow the respondent to reply to the complainant. The respondent must be given 1 month to reply.

ES3 FORM – if there is no reply or if the complainant is unhappy with the response on the ES2 form, then they can lodge the complaint with the Tribunal using the ES3 form within 6 months.

You may also wish to download a copy of the Employment Equality Acts and the Equal Status Acts booklet from our website which is www.equality.ie

The address for the Equality Tribunal is;
Equality Tribunal
3 Clonmel Street
Dublin 2
Tel:     01-4774100 or
Locall: 1890-344424
Email:  info@equalitytribunal.ie

You may also wish to consult their website, www.equalitytribunal.ie