Irish society is quite homogeneous. According to the 2016 census, of a population of just under 4.8 million, 78.3 % are Roman Catholic, 9.8 % are non-religious (an increase of 73.6 % from 2011), and the remainder are of various other religions. 82.2 % of the population describe themselves as 'White Irish' and 0.7 % as Irish Travellers. 57 850 people identify as 'Black African' or 'Black Irish', with 9.5 % belonging to 'Any other White background'. 643 131 people, approximately 13.5 % of the population, recorded having a disability. A total of 6 034 same-sex couples live in Ireland. Non-Irish nationals number 535 475 (11.6 % of the population), with UK citizens and nationals of EU countries (Polish, Lithuanian, Romanian and Latvian) comprising the top five nationality groups. Ireland's anti-discrimination laws were expanded significantly in the late 1990s. The Employment Equality Act 1998 and the Equal Status Act 2000 provided for nine discriminatory grounds and established a national equality body, as well as a dedicated forum for hearing anti-discrimination complaints, the Equality Tribunal. From 2008 successive national budgets severely curtailed funding for equality infrastructure. In November 2014, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) was established as Ireland's national equality body. The body is equipped with equivalent powers to its predecessor, and its funding position has improved. The Equality Tribunal was subsumed, along with several employment rights bodies, into the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) in 2015. Anti-discrimination legislation was amended in 2021 to take account of a Supreme Court judgment. The Supreme Court held that proceedings before the Workplace Relations Commission, the primary forum for determining discrimination complaints, should generally be heard in public to comply with constitutional provisions on the administration of justice. Prior to this change, WRC hearings were held in private and the names of parties to cases were frequently anonymised. From July 2021, hearings have been conducted in public save where 'special circumstances' exist. There were relatively few other developments in case law. In July 2021, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth launched the first comprehensive review of Irish anti-discrimination law since its enactment over two decades ago. The first phase comprised a public consultation process with written submissions elicited by early December 2021. The scope of the envisaged review is wide-ranging. Its overall aim is to examine the functioning of the relevant acts and their effectiveness in combating discrimination and promoting equality. It is not clear at this juncture what form the review will take following the consultation phase.