The Workplace Relations Commission dismissed Jacinta Doherty’s gender discrimination complaint against Allied Irish Bank Aib, finding it had no jurisdiction because the dispute concerned directors’ remuneration rather than a service covered by the Equal Status Act. The decision was dated 9 December 2022; the merits were not decided. Doherty, a staff-nominated director of a subsidiary, said a male director received payment while she and another female director did not, despite comparable skills and experience. The bank argued that the conduct did not constitute a service under the Act. The adjudication officer found that the dispute involved a private contractual relationship and was not a service generally available to the public or a section of it.