Equal Status Act 2000. Country/Territory Ireland Document type Legislation Date 2000 (2021) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject General Keyword Equity Gender Public participation Property rights Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract This Act is aimed to promote equality and prohibit types of discrimination, harassment and related behaviour in connection with the provision of services, property and other opportunities to which the public generally or a section of the public has access, to provide for investigating and remedying certain discrimination and other unlawful activities, to provide for the administration by the equality authority of various matters pertaining to this Act, to amend the Employment equality Act, 1998, in relation thereto and in certain other respects and to provide for related matters. This text defines several issues and sets rules as regards the gender related matters in different contexts, among specific non-discriminatory principles and deriving cross-relations. Full text English Website revisedacts.lawreform.ie