Download Request for Access to Records Form
If the information you require is not readily available, you should make your request in writing to by completing the Request for Access to Records and returning it along with the appropriate fees to:
Corporate Services,
Galway City Council,
City Hall,
College Road,
Galway.
If your application for information does not mention the Act, then your application will be dealt with as an ordinary request for information.
If information is required in a particular form (e.g. photocopy, computer disk, etc.,) this should be specified in the application.
You should try to be as specific as you can in order to enable us to identify the information you require. Where possible try to indicate the time period for which you wish to access records (e.g., records created between May 1998 and December 1998).
If you need assistance in making your Request for Information then you should contact:
Corporate Services,
Galway City Council,
City Hall,
College Road,
Galway.
Tel: 091 536597
Email: enquiries@galwaycity.ie
A sample application form to request information under the FOI Act can be found at the site of the Office of the Information Commissioner under the heading 'FOI Act and Regulations'.
Under the Freedom of Information Act, a request for records must be acknowledged within 2 weeks and, in most cases, responded to within 4 weeks. If a third party is involved, there may be another three weeks before a response.