Mother of autistic boy awarded €8,000 for service dog incident

German-owned discount retailer, Lidl Ireland has been ordered to pay €8,000 compensation to a mother of an autistic boy who was left distressed by repeated demands that the boy’s assistance dog be removed from a Lidl store, reports Gordon Deegan.

At the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), Adjudicator, Marguerite Buckley has ordered Lidl Ireland GMBH to pay the €8,000 compensation to the un-named mother for discrimination under the Equal Status Act “as well as the distress suffered by her son”.