One of these landlords, Martin Murray has been ordered to pay €12,500 in compensation after discriminating against a tenant in receipt of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP). After informing him that he was legally obliged to transfer to HAP, Ms Walsh received no further reply from her landlord. After a month, Ms Walsh contacted Mr Murray again, this time with an Equal Status Act complaint form. Following this, Ms O'Reilly sent further correspondence, telling Ms Gabor that "Unfortunately, we cannot meet the condition on the HAP for now. Finding that Ms Gabor was discriminated against, adjudication officer, John Harraghy ordered Ms O'Reilly to pay €7,000 inclusive of the seven months HAP payments of €4,165.

Source: Irish Examiner June 13, 2023 05:08 UTC