Galway County Council · Minutes of Monthly Meeting of Galway County Council, Monday, 23 June 2025 · 23 June 2025
A vote on an amendment to the draft minutes of the May 2025 meeting. It would record commitments by the Cathaoirleach and the Chief Executive to hold an urgent Housing Strategic Policy Committee meeting on proposals about returning Irish-born emigrants, so that its recommendations could come before councillors in June.
Summary written by AI from the minutes. The motion as recorded follows.
‘The Cathaoirleach and the Chief Executive gave commitments to the holding of an urgent Housing SPC to expressly consider the amendments proposed in the motion (page 26 May minutes — re returning irish born emigrants / Safe Home Ireland) so that the Housing SPC’s recommendations and the GCC Housing Allocation Scheme would come before the elected members to consider in relation to exercising their reserved powers on the agenda in the June plenary meeting’
Proposed by Cllr. Parsons; seconded by Cllr. Welby.
The minutes record: A vote was taken on the motion. The following was the result: For 26 Against 3 Abstain 6 No-Voting 4 The Cathaoirleach confirmed that the motion was carried.
| Party | Tá | Níl | Staon | Didn't vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Fianna Fáil | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Independent Ireland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Independent | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sinn Féin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tá, Níl and Staon are the minutes’ for, against and abstained. “Didn’t vote” covers councillors on the council that day whom the minutes don’t list under any option, for any reason. Parties are as of the meeting day.