AQW 28071/17-22 Written question to the First Minister and deputy First Minister
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.
Asked by Andrew Muir MLA on 14 January 2022
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 14 January 2022
- Answer due by
- 31 January 2022
- Answered
- 26 January 202212 days after tabling
- Department
- The Executive Office
- Priority question
- No
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.