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can a passport be declined as form of ID

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  • 22-02-2012 12:31am
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    martins2309
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26 ✭


    I believe I've been discriminated against as my passport is forign by Maynooths Super Value staff as I was declined service after they examined my passport and came back to say we don't take passports, I've seen people use their passports there before. I obviously felt offended by this so I came home to make sure I wouldn't be make a right fool of myself before making a complaint so can anyone help me with any actual law that they can use to decline my passport as ID or not. Any advice is much appreciated.


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    Janedoe10
    Registered Users Posts: 469 ✭✭Janedoe10


    U would think that that would be the best means of age verification unless the passport was not yours ... I hope u were attempting to get alcohol and not milk !!

    The link here has the same information as on a passport so one would conclude that a passport would be sufficient . http://www.agecard.ie/

    See the end of the citizens information page link here which advises what is recognised as proper identification


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    Daniel S
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    Most places seem to get suspicious these days unless you use the Garda Age Card. I'm sure there wasn't any malice in it.


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    Janedoe10
    Registered Users Posts: 469 ✭✭Janedoe10


    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/justice/criminal_law/criminal_offences/alcohol_and_the_law.html. Forgot the link sorry .


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    Howyahorse
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭Howyahorse


    Ridiculous and all as it is; it's not an acceptable form of i.d. Idiots


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    deconduo
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    Appropriate identification includes a National Age Card, a passport, a driving licence, or a identitiy card issued by an EU member state.

    In theory yes, it should have been accepted.


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    teddansonswig
    Registered Users Posts: 427 ✭✭teddansonswig


    when lidl first opened, (and I just turned 18) they wouldn't accept (irish( passports either! rage.....


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    PseudoFamous
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    One of the two major forms of identification (other being driver's license) being denied really isn't acceptable. There's a lot to be said for a national ID card, as is standard in pretty much every European country bar Ireland and the UK.


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    Delancey
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    My local off licence has a sign to the effect that the ONLY acceptable age-related ID is the Garda age card.


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    Mr Simpson
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    In the letter issued by the Gardaí to licenced premises, they state that the only acceptable defence for serving to minors is if they produced a Garda ID, a passport or driving licence will not be an acceptable defence. I can't find a copy of the letter online, but it's on display in a few pubs in Dublin city centre. Fibbers on Parnell Street display it in their front window.


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