It has emerged that a request was made to all councillors ten days ago to meet with the board of Galway 2020 individually.
The request came following Galway City Council's majority decision to refuse an additional €2.5 million in funding to expand the project.
Today (Monday ) Green Party Cllr. Pauline O'Reilly said it is hugely disappointing to see the project in difficulty, but that the city cannot afford to pay for it.
"A continuing funding stream is in place which eats in to public money.
"Given that I, and many of my colleagues, are calling for a moratorium on commercial rates, the city simply cannot afford to continue to pay for a project that will not go ahead.
"We need to ensure that local groups are not out of pocket, but all other financing must be reversed.
"One option is that it is delayed until 2021, and that is a request that would need to be made of Europe," she added.
