Galway Bay fm newsroom - A report by the Independent watchdog of local government has found that Galway City and County Council's had a "mixed" performance during 2019.
The annual report by the National Oversight and Audit Commission assessed both local authorities across eleven areas.
Key indicators used to assess performance included housing, finance, and environment.
In terms of housing, Galway City Council owned 2,409 social housing dwellings to the end of 2019, with a vacancy rate of 2.2 percent.
While the County Council had 2,506 social homes, of which 6.3 percent were vacant.
The average time for re-housing in the city was 46 weeks, while in the county, it was almost a full year at 51 weeks.
Meanwhile, the level of collection of commercial rates was 83 percent in the city, while the level of housing loans collection was 86 percent.
In the county, those figures stood at 87 percent and 79 percent respectively.
One area in which the County Council had a distinct lead was under the heading of Environment.
22 percent of the areas for which the local authority is responsible were found to be unpolluted or litter-free - compared to just 5 percent for Galway City.
Both local authorities had virtually identical energy savings - with 32 percent for the city, and 31 percent for the county.
