Galway Bay fm newsroom - Just two people made submissions on plans to introduce new bye-laws to deal with waste management and collection across the city.
The new laws aim to allow the City Council to determine if city residential units have a valid means of disposing of their waste.
It also means residents may be required to produce receipts to prove they have a legitimate means of waste disposal.
Failure to comply with the new bye-laws could result in significant fixed fines.
However, this week's meeting of the City Council heard just two submissions were made during a six week public consultation.
Councillor Peter Keane expressed his disbelief that just two submissions could be made on such important laws that will have far-reaching consequences.
