Councillor Dermot Lacey

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  • Dublin Mayor Role

    The reports tonight of the pending publication of the Draft Legislation on proposals for a Dublin Mayor and a restructured Dublin Regional Authority by the Minister for the Environment and Local Government represent a welcome step forward in this debate. Despite the fact that they remain just proposals, there is a real need now to…

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  • Dublin Mayor debate must move beyond expenses

    The proposals from the Minister for the Environment and Local Government for a directly elected Mayor are of course a welcome step forward.  Despite the fact that they remain just proposals, there is a real need to move the debate forward now beyond the issue of expenses, the Mansion House and all what we might…

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  • Proposed Mayoral Salary Disgracefully High

    Press Release Cllr Dermot Lacey, Labour Party City Councillor for Pembroke-Rathmines and former Lord Mayor of Dublin, has branded Minister John Gormley’s proposals to set the salary of the new Mayor of Dublin at the same level as that of a cabinet minister as disgraceful. He has also reiterated his challenge to Bertie Ahern to…

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  • Former Taoiseach challenged to debate on the role of a directly elected Mayor of Dublin

    “Now that the Minister for the Environment and Local Government has finally announced his decision on a directly elected Mayor can I first of all welcome this as a step forward. I have campaigned for this for over six years now. It of course follows the recent statement of support for a directly elected ‘Lord…

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  • St Alban’s Park and Dublin Planning Guidelines

    Before yesterday’s Rathgar public meeting mentioned earlier, I attended a joint meeting of the Dublin Regional Authority and the Mid East Regional Authority where we finalized the first Draft of the Regional Planning Guidleines that will now go out for Public Consultation. Yesterday afternoon I was in St. Alban’s Park where hopefully we are inching…

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