Toddler turned away by creche over nut allergy wins €3,000 for disability discrimination

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A creche which decided it was “not prepared to take responsibility” for a two-year-old girl after she was diagnosed with a severe nut allergy has been ordered to pay her €3,000 in compensation for disability discrimination.

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has directed the unidentified childcare facility to pay the sum on foot of a complaint under the Equal Status Act 2000 in an anonymised decision published today (WEDS).

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