A city councillor has hit out at the local authority for ‘putting the brakes on him’ over raising the issue of parking summonses that have stalled at the local District Court.
Cllr Padraig Conneely attempted to raise the issue of the parking summonses at a City Council meeting, but was ruled out of order by the Mayor, Cllr. Noel Larkin.
The City Council Chief Executive, Brendan McGrath, said that he couldn’t comment on the matter as it was ‘sub judice’ with the summonses adjourned to an April sitting of Galway District Court.
Earlier, Cllr. Conneely said that between 80 and 100 parking summonses issued on behalf of the City Council, had either been struck out or adjourned at a District Court sitting last week.
“The City Council had ten or eleven staff in court but the summonses were either adjourned or struck out because our city bylaws are not in order.
“It’s disgraceful, that I as an elected member of the City Council, cannot bring this item up for discussion. I want an answer from the top table on this issue,” said Cllr. Conneely.
The Chief Executive said that about 80 of the summonses were adjourned to April but he added that about 15 of them were ‘struck out’.
At Galway District Court, Judge Alan Mitchell, requested a copy of the city bylaws and pointed out that they didn’t comply with the law.
The issues involved related to pay-and-display prosecutions either because a motorist over-stayed their time or did not have a ticket displayed.
Where the defendants turned up in court, Judge Mitchell struck out their cases while he adjourned the rest of them to an April sitting of Galway District Court.
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