AQW 28071/17-22

Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 14/01/2022
Answered On Date: 26/01/2022
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to provide an update on plans to introduce age discrimination legislation in the provision of goods, facilities and services.

Answer:

Consideration of extending age discrimination legislation to the provision of goods, facilities and services was commenced under the previous Executive. A decision was not made in respect of the scope of that legislation prior to the end of the last Assembly. The issue requires further work to inform the potential scope of any legislation. Officials are considering next steps to advance this matter, however given current pressures legislation is unlikely in this Assembly mandate.