COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 11, 2023

QUESTION NO. 3

QUESTION: Councillor C. Bailey

To ask the Chief Executive, in regards to S42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Act 2014, whether IHREC has asked for any review to be made or change in operations and/or policies?

REPLY:

Under Section 32 (1) of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) may invite a particular undertaking to carry out an equality review. In April 2018, IHREC invited Dublin’s four local authorities to carry out Equality Reviews specifically focused on non-Irish nationals’ access to social housing and homeless services, and in June 2019 IHREC invited all 31 local authorities to undertake equality reviews on provision of Traveller Accommodation. South Dublin County Council has responded fully to both requests and the reports of all IHREC requested equality reviews can be found on the IHREC website www.ihrec.ie 

The South Dublin County Council Public Sector Equality and Human Rights Duty Framework and first annual action plan were published in 2022. This Framework is available as a PDF document, and an Irish Sign Language (ISL) interpreted video, from the Council’s Public Sector Duty webpage in www.sdcc.ie. SDCC has not received any requests for reviews since the publication of the SDCC Framework.