Received 19 August 2024
Decided 12 September 2024
Part-Granted
Request Reference 93-24
Requester Type Journalist
Galway City Council

• - How many properties have been registered and authorised to be used for short term lets so far this year (Jan 2024 to date). • How many properties were registered and authorised to be used for short term lets in 2023? • How many of these reported properties have gone through the enforcement process since January 2023? and how many by each year? • Of said cases of enforcing unauthorised properties, since 2023, how many cases have gone through the full enforcement process resulting in a court date? • Based on the above number of properties / property owners who have received a court date for unauthorised short term letting, can you give a brief overview of the outcome of those cases? • - What processes are in place in Galway City Council to actively check that short term letting laws are behind adhered to (barring the external submitted complaints process)?