Galway City Council
FOI Requests — 646 records (page 10 of 13)
- Received —Decided 22 November 2022RefusedGalway City Council
Can I please make a new FOI to ask for the final report from this NTA Jacobs Salthill Parking Survey, please?
- Received —Decided 21 November 2022Part-GrantedGalway City Council
I request the following under Freedom of Information: All correspondence between Monday September 26 and October 24 2022, to and from the Heritage Office of Galway City Council pertaining to the Old Mud Dock at Long Walk in the city.
- Received —Decided 18 November 2022RefusedGalway City Council
Details of any emails, letters, or documents from "name" on behalf of "name" with respect to the City development plan 2023-2029 to below named council officials as set out in the attached Lobbying return. Specifically the following individuals – Note if the correspondence is the same – a single copy will suffice. Brendan McGrath CEO (Galway City Council) Declan Smyth Head of Finance (Galway City Council) Patricia Philbin Director of Services or Equivalent (Galway City Council) Helen Kilroy Head of Finance (Galway City Council) Patrick Greene Director of Services or Equivalent (Galway City Council) Ruth McNallyDirector of Services or Equivalent (Galway City Council) The dates I am interested in are 1st May 2022 to 1st Nov 2022
- Received —Decided 14 November 2022Handled outside of FOIGalway City Council
The total number of personal injury claims due to potholes that were settled by Galway City Council between 2017 and 2022 and the total value of the compensation payouts made as a result of those claims. I would prefer to receive this information electronically, preferably in its original formatting.
- Received —Decided 11 November 2022RefusedGalway City Council
Sight of any and all structural surveys conducted on the Salmon Weir Bridge, O’Briens Bridge and the Wolfe Tone Bridge over the last ten years
- Received —Decided 11 November 2022WithdrawnGalway City Council
I request records since the year 2016 in relation to: • your latest Microsoft Licensing Enterprise Agreement for Volume Licensing • a Memorandum of Understanding with Microsoft • Microsoft Enrolment for software licensing
- Received —Decided 10 November 2022WithdrawnGalway City Council
I understand that the housing minister instructed local authorities to issue a circular to local authorities, instructing them to reach out to parish based charitable trusts to discuss opportunities to try to develop more housing and ease the housing crisis. I would like to access, under Freedom of Information law, all of the correspondence and records held by your local authority relating to this circular, and any and all responses and discussions with local parishes/religious organisations.
- Received —Decided 8 November 2022Handled outside of FOIGalway City Council
I would like to request the following under the Freedom of Information Act: 1. How many farmers have been prosecuted for pollution offences within the council area over each of the last five years? 2. An outline the details of each case – eg. farm enterprise type; pollution type, cause and scale; and resulting enforcement action or fine. 3. Were any repeat offenders over that five years – and if so, how many times was that individual prosecuted and what were the fines/punishment for each offence? 4. How many cases of pollution incidents originating from farms were ultimately not prosecuted? And for each of these cases, why was no further action taken?
- Received —Decided 4 November 2022RefusedGalway City Council
a copy of any informal or formal inspection or assessment reports carried out by staff of Galway City Council of the Carrowbrowne temporary halting site. a copy of any emails from the traveller housing unit of the council referring to the conditions of the above site. Both parts of this request to cover the period 1 Jan 2020 to date of receipt of the request.
- Received —Decided 2 November 2022RefusedGalway City Council
1. Previous or current procurements for Kissing Gates - tender value, dates and winning firm. If not procured via tender, then the details of the procurement process 2. The justification for use of Kissing Gates - what is the council policy, what are they meant to stop? 3. Any records showing support or opposition to the use of Kissing Gates by (a) councillors and (b) council departments/staff
- Received —Decided 24 October 2022RefusedGalway City Council
For the provision of copies of any records, correspondence or information held in the Executive office, Galway City Council relating to property 17 Mercahnts Rd. Lr, discussing "the squat" or "Squatters" or "occupants" or "eviction" or shuttering of the building or the barring of occupation or any such issue of "residents" using the building or Gardaí clearing the building.
- Received —Decided 21 October 2022RefusedGalway City Council
Details of correspondence, research, investigations, or any other form of communications carried out by the City Council which verified and led to the sending of the statement hereunder to an Bord Pleanala on 15/07/2015 (an Bord Pleanala ref no. PL.205020) (Planning Authority Ref. No. 14/292)concluding that: "In relation to the majority of the appellants grounds of appeal these relate to issues of ownership, rights of way etc. In this regard, it is pointed out that matters pertaining to title of property, including rights of way are not for the Planning Authority and an Bord Pleanala to determine. The parties involved can have recourse to the courts to settle such questions" And, what written authority does the Planning Authority have to advise an Bord Pleanala on what it should determine.
- Received —Decided 19 October 2022Part-GrantedGalway City Council
a CD-ROM copy of all parking fine appeals and the corresponding appeal outcome; dated between january 1st 2000 and 31 july 2022 to GCC
- Received —Decided 17 October 2022Part-GrantedGalway City Council
The number of illegal dumping complaints. The names and address of each street and the number of complaint recorded per street. The number of litter fines issued as a result of the illegal dumping complaint.
- Received —Decided 13 October 2022Part-GrantedGalway City Council
• A copy of the report from an independent review, commissioned by Galway City Council, of the “Preliminary Design Report, July 2017, by Atkins” on the feasibility of the proposal to provide a more permanent cycleway between Galway & Bearna. (This review has been carried out by ARUP consultants, as stated in Galway City Council's Chief Executive's Report for September 2022.) • Copies of emails 1) between Galway City Council and the NTA, and 2) between Galway City Council and ARUP regarding the review and report (described above) carried out by ARUP regarding the feasibility of a permanent greenway to Bearna. The period interest is from 1st March 2022 to the current date.
- Received —Decided 11 October 2022Part-GrantedGalway City Council
A complete list of vacant/unoccupied properties owned by the council. Please include the name and address of each property, and its zone status (eg residential, commercial, industrial). Refined to: A complete list of vacant/unoccupied residential properties owned by the council. Please include the general area / district of each property.
- Received —Decided 11 October 2022GrantedGalway City Council
I hereby request for the explanation and for all documents relating to the history of the commercial rate payer for 45 Dominick Street Lower, or what is called the Áras na nGael & Club Áras na nGael; including any application for exemptions, or correspondence relating to this payment of public ytax or commercial rates.
- Received —Decided 11 October 2022RefusedGalway City Council
Photographs — and information — of all neglected or mistreated or malnourished dogs seized by your Council in the past 12 months, including the breed of each dog and if it had sustained any injuries. Records listing the numbers of all neglected or mistreated or malnourished dogs seized by your Council in the past 12 months.
- Received —Decided 7 October 2022RefusedGalway City Council
The underground CCTV inspection survey carried out on behalf of Galway City City/Local Authority at or near Fionnuisce, Doughiska, Galway during the period 2012 to 2013. We specificially request details of when the said underground inspection took place and details of the public expenditure for same.
- Received —Decided 5 October 2022Handled outside of FOIGalway City Council
Time period: The year 2018 The number of residential new builds commenced. • The number of new builds commenced which used offsite manufacturing (OSM) construction, the name of the OSM supplier, and number of units associated with each supplier. • The number of new builds commenced which were modular homes. • The number of new builds which used timber frame structures. • The number of new builds commenced which used Building Information Modelling (BIM) as part of the design process.
- Received —Decided 5 October 2022Handled outside of FOIGalway City Council
Time period: The year 2021 • The number of residential new builds commenced. • The number of new builds commenced which used offsite manufacturing (OSM) construction, the name of the OSM supplier, and number of units associated with each supplier. • The number of new builds commenced which were modular homes. • The number of new builds which used timber frame structures. • The number of new builds commenced which used Building Information Modelling (BIM) as part of the design process.
- Received —Decided 4 October 2022RefusedGalway City Council
We request a copy of all Civil/Structural drawings as submitted with this application PI Ref 19/95 CN0078862GY
- Received —Decided 28 September 2022Handled outside of FOIGalway City Council
All ethics declarations collected as required under Section 175 of the Local Government Act 2001
- Received —Decided 23 September 2022Part-GrantedGalway City Council
All submissions to the public consultation on the Salthill Cycleway made by or on behalf of organisations (thus excluding submissions made by individuals) on the 26th of January 2022.
- Received —Decided 22 September 2022RefusedGalway City Council
Copies of all property valuation reports/assessments commissioned by Galway City Council in the 12 months to July 30, 2022 assessing the value of City Hall and the site it sits on at College Road.
- Received —Decided 22 September 2022Handled outside of FOIGalway City Council
I would like to make a freedom of information request to find out the number of people who have died whislt in your homeless accomodation for the year 2021.
- Received —Decided 21 September 2022Part-GrantedGalway City Council
I am seeking certain records held by your Council concerning travel under its twinning programme, undertaken at both a county level and at a town level. Specifically, I am seeking the following: 1. Copies of the itineraries for each twinning trip, from 2016-2020. This should include the names of the travelling parties, including Councillors, Council staff and any other parties that travelled. Please note: As these trips are entirely publicly funded, the public ought to have the right the to know who went on these trips, even where the travelling parties are not Councillors or Council staff. (I should stress, however, that I do not require the names of any transition year students who may have taken part in student exchange programmes.) 2. Copies of all Twinning Grant Applications that were submitted to the Council (or its Twinning Committee) from 2016-2020. I need only the applications that related to trips that went ahead. 3. Copies of any end-of-year 'Twinning Reports' produced by the Twinning Committee(s), from 2016-2020 and submitted to the Council.
- Received —Decided 21 September 2022WithdrawnGalway City Council
Details of correspondence, research, or any other investigations carried out by the City Council that led to the conclusion that the following statements conveyed to an Bord Pleanala on 15/07/2015 in relation to Planning Reference No. 14/292 were factual: ”In relation to the majority of the appellants grounds of appeal these relate to issues of ownership, rights of way etc” and “In this regard, it is pointed out that these matters pertaining to title of property, including rights of way are not for the Planning Authority and an Bord Pleanala to determine. The parties involved can have recourse to the courts to settle such questions”
- Received —Decided 20 September 2022Part-GrantedGalway City Council
All submissions to the public consultation on the Salthill Cycleway made by or on behalf of organisations and associations (therefore excluding submissions made by individuals) on the 27th of January 2022.
- Received —Decided 20 September 2022Part-GrantedGalway City Council
All submissions to the public consultation on the Salthill Cycleway made by or on behalf of organisations (thus excluding submissions made by individuals) between the dates of 14th January to 18th January 2022.
- Received —Decided 20 September 2022Part-GrantedGalway City Council
All submissions to the public consultation on the Salthill Cycleway made by or on behalf of organisations (thus excluding submissions made by individuals) between the dates of 24th and 25th January 2022 inclusive.
- Received —Decided 20 September 2022Part-GrantedGalway City Council
All submissions to the public consultation on the Salthill Cycleway made by or on behalf of organisations (thus excluding submissions made by individuals) between the dates of 19th January to 21st January inclusive in 2022.
- Received —Decided 20 September 2022Part-GrantedGalway City Council
All submissions to the public consultation on the Salthill Cycleway made by or on behalf of organisations (thus excluding submissions made by individuals) on 28 January 2022.
- Received —Decided 20 September 2022Part-GrantedGalway City Council
All submissions to the public consultation on the Salthill Cycleway made by or on behalf of organisations (thus excluding submissions made by individuals) between the dates of 22nd January to 23rd January inclusive 2022.
- Received —Decided 16 September 2022RefusedGalway City Council
most recent copy of any Smoke Emission Test Report held by the Council on Bord na Móna Peat Briquettes
- Received —Decided 15 September 2022Part-GrantedGalway City Council
Electronic submissions from Galway City Councillors, Galway County Councillors and serving Dáil Éireann deputies of Galway West, Galway East and Roscommon-Galway constituencies to the public consultation on the Salthill Cycleway. If it is too onerous to include the handwritten submissions I would like all the submissions which were submitted in electronic format (by email or through the online survey).
- Received —Decided 14 September 2022RefusedGalway City Council
A summary or report of all known damage to cycling infrastructure that works to separate the lane from the main road, such as wands, bollards and barriers from january 2020. If no single summary or report exists, then smaller scale summaries reports that would include the same information would suffice. If these summaries don’t exist, then all notifications of damage to said bike infrastructure. All summaries of actions taken in response to such reports, such as repairs and legal action against people who may have caused the damage. Again, if no one summary exists, small-scale summaries would suffice. If no such summaries exist, then notifications would suffice, etc. Refined to: just to the Transport section of the council.
- Received —Decided 13 September 2022RefusedGalway City Council
Minutes of all meetings between the Chief Executive of Galway City Council and/or his representatives, and the owners or representatives of Crown Square development in Mervue between July 1 2021 and July 2 2022.
- Received —Decided 5 September 2022RefusedGalway City Council
Records of correspondence and meetings which relate to the decision of Galway City Council to cease construction work at the Garraí Beag social housing site in Ballybane, records of correspondence and meetings relating to how much money Galway City Council have spent on construction at the Garraí Beag social housing site thus far, and records of correspondence and meetings relating to plans to recommence construction work at the the Garraí Beag social housing site in Ballybane within the timeframe of between May 1st 2022 to the present and focusing on the housing and finance sections of Galway City Council.
- Received —Decided 1 September 2022GrantedGalway City Council
Pursuant to Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I request that you release copies of all policies, procedures and guidance utilised by Galway City Council in relation to the accessing of emergency homeless accommodation, including but not limited to (i) the assessment of eligibility for such accommodation and (ii) the allocation and re-allocation of such accommodation.
- Received —Decided 25 August 2022Part-GrantedGalway City Council
Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following: - a copy of the business case, cost-benefit analysis, or other such sanction/approval document associated with the council decision to apply for a loan for a new headquarters
- Received —Decided 8 August 2022WithdrawnGalway City Council
Public Facing Council Website 1. What CMS/software and version does your public facing council website use? (e.g. In-house, Sharepoint, Jadu, Drupal 7) 2. Is your public facing council website hosted and supported by a third party IT partner or on-premise? If a third party, when does your current contract expire? 3. When was your public facing council website launched? 4. What are your separate budgets for hosting/supporting and development for your public facing council website? 5. Which team/department/individual is responsible for maintaining your public facing council website? Digital Accessibility 1. When was your public facing council website last audited for accessibility compliance? 2. Which team/department/individual is responsible for maintaining accessibility compliance across your public facing websites? Website Content 1. Do you work with external marketing/communications suppliers to create content for your public facing services? 2. When was the last time you conducted a content audit on your website to remove outdated content?
- Received —Decided 4 August 2022GrantedGalway City Council
• A copy of all draft versions and the final version of the Housing Delivery Action Plan submitted by Galway City Council to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, as requested under Circular: Housing 32/2021, Housing for All: Housing Delivery Action Plans. • Any correspondence between the council and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to the Housing Delivery Action Plan.
- Received —Decided 27 July 2022GrantedGalway City Council
A copy of any proposals, public submissions, consultation documents or similar, put forward to Galway county council or created by Galway county council relating to Westside running track. A copy of the tender Galway County council issued for Westside running track. A copy of the costings, tender submissions etc put forward by the building contractors of Westside running track. I understand if company names are required to be redacted for commercial sensitivity reasons.
- Received —Decided 22 July 2022GrantedGalway City Council
1. Records comprising any correspondence between Galway City Council and the Galway Diocesan Trustees, meeting notes, aide mémoires, memoranda, etc concerning Cúl Trá halting site, Salthill from 14 January 2022 to date. 2. Records (meeting notes, aide mémoires, memoranda, etc.) of meetings between Galway City Council and the Galway Diocesan Trustees in relation to Cúl Trá halting site, Salthill on: • 25 July 2017 • 14 March 2019 3. Records comprising: • The letter sent by email dated 21 April 2020 at 18:59 from finance@galwaydiocese.ie to Dermot.mahon@galwaycity.ie on the subject of “Cúl Trá Site” 4. Records comprising any agreement between Galway City Council and the Galway Diocesan Trustees amending, revising, extending, updating or otherwise affecting the Licence Agreement executed on 16 March 1994 between the same parties
- Received —Decided 21 July 2022RefusedGalway City Council
1. In relation to all CCTV cameras that you have procured from 2017 until the present, please provide: - the names of each company and the names of the products including the model numbers - the contracts with each company - the cost per unit and the total costs, and - the duration of contracts and/or licenses. 2. Please provide records that state the capability of the CCTV cameras (along with their storage and processing units whether locally, on a server or in the cloud), such as facial recognition, temperature/thermal scanning, behaviour analysis, object detection or demographic detection (i.e. age, gender, clothing etc). 3. Please also provide the documents and communication related to the tender process for all CCTV cameras, that has been procured
- Received —Decided 19 July 2022WithdrawnGalway City Council
All submissions to the public consultation on the Salthill Cycleway. If it is too onerous to include the handwritten submissions I would like all the submissions which were submitted in electronic format (by email or through the online survey). - limit the search to submissions made by or on behalf of organisations (thus excluding submissions made by individuals) - include any individual submissions made by public representatives
- Received —Decided 19 July 2022WithdrawnGalway City Council
• All submissions to the public consultation on the Salthill Cycleway made by or on behalf of organisations (thus excluding submissions made by individuals). • Period of search 14th to 28th of January 2022.
- Received —Decided 13 July 2022RefusedGalway City Council
‘…a breakdown of the FOIs for 2021 and 2022, into categories and bins to provide information on the fees as requested by Galway City Council, and the subsequent outcome for each (i.e. if the FOI was withdrawn/ if the FOI reduced by the requester/if the FOI was processed after any needed fees paid), for example: FOI Type € Fees (None) € Fees (101-500) € Fees (700-1500) € Fees (1500-3000) € Fees (>3000) Personal (FOI withdrawn) No of cases in category ... ... Personal (FOI reduced) Personal (FOI Processed) Non-Personal (FOI withdrawn) Non-Personal (FOI reduced) Non-Personal (FOI Processed) FOIs which resulted in fees requested in multiple categories as the requesters reduced the FOI, should be counted separately’.
- Received —Decided 13 July 2022WithdrawnGalway City Council
b t 2017 til th t I would like to inquire as to what the process is for making nominations to the city council for naming rights - in this case naming rights for the new pedestrian and cycle bridge adjacent to the Salmon Weir Bridge.