This article looks at Nano Nagle School v Daly, an appeal on a point of law from the Labour Court determination relating to what consitutes “reasonable accommodation” from an employer’s perspective.

CASE NAME AND REFERENCE: Nano Nagle School v Daly [2015] IEHC 785,
COURT OR TRIBUNAL: High Court, Noonan J, 11th December 2015
JURISDICTION/SUBJECT MATTER: Disability – Reasonable accommodation

Marie Daly worked as an SNA in a special school for children with varying degrees of disability. The school has 12 teachers and 27 SNAs.

Ms Daly commenced employment in 1998 and sustained a significant injury leaving her wheelchair bound in 2010. Ms Daly spent a number of months in the National Rehabilitation Hospital and was assessed as “fit to return