Online petition against proposed new bylaws

John_Rambo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119846853#Comment_119846853

If you're a water user and you know how some swimmers carry on and some council workers carry on you'll know this is exactly a permanent ban. A disaster for tourism, an exclusion of Galway from the Wild Atlantic Way, and a place to avoid for thousands of people who go to Galway to partake in watersports and somewhere for the likes of Tall Ships, Ocean Races, Regattas, Canoe Marathon etc... to avoid

Psychlops

Stupid by-laws, cant be enforced anyway, no water police 🤣

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119899415#Comment_119899415

True, Galway struggles to maintain a garda presence in the city center it is hardly going to have the resources to patrol the beaches and sea.

This is just an exercise by elected officials to give the appearance that they are hard at work.

John_Rambo

Maybe unenforceable, but will 100% cause conflict on the water.

Homelander

I don't think it's fair to say this is "elected officials to give the appearance they're hard at work".

It's not councillors who are bringing this forward or guiding its development, it's Galway County Council. Most councillors don't agree with them in their current form.

wassie

But don't bye-laws have to be passed at a meeting of the Council before they can be enacted?

Homelander

But that's nothing to do with the people who actually conceptualized, designed and introduced them. Councillors did not propose them or have any say in the wording to this point as was suggested above.

It came up for mention among councillors as reported in local media. They don't seem overly pleased with them. They're not voted on or enacted at this point. They are still at design stage.

For example here one of them is giving out about it and saying they are ridiculous in their current form. The Connacht tribune had a bigger piece with more councillors mentioned but I don't see it on their website.

https://galwaybayfm.ie/galway-bay-fm-news-desk/council-says-it-has-no-intention-of-banning-watersports-from-county-beaches/

wassie

Anyone who feels these draft bye laws are rubbish, suggest writing to Council and voicing concerns.

The deadline for submissions on the proposals has been extended to 5 pm Friday Nov 25th

https://www.galway.ie/en/news/name%2C44721%2Cen.html

Larbre34

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119903437#Comment_119903437

They do.

Councillors have very little power in local government, but making Bye-laws is one power they do have.

If the Council does not pass a vote for them, they don't exist.

Make sure and let your Councillors know this. Local elections in June 2024....

https://www.rte.ie/news/connacht/2022/1220/1343010-galway-beach-bye-laws/

Following the last Galway County Council Plenary Meeting of the year, officials and councillors have unanimously agreed to invite water sports bodies and stakeholders to make presentations to the Strategic Policy Committee Meeting early next year, regarding zoning maps and wording of the contentious bye-laws.