Polish man claimed discrimination over having to take PCR tests at Dublin Airport

Tomasz Pysz complained that he was discriminated against by the department through regulations it had enacted which required him to have what he claimed were “expensive” and “invasive” PCR tests. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

A Polish national living in Ireland has lost a claim that he was discriminated against by the Department of Health over the requirement to take a Covid-19 test every time he passed through Dublin Airport during the pandemic.

The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that the claimant, Tomasz Pysz, has failed to establish a prima facie breach of the Equal Status Act on grounds of disability.