Dermot Lacey

Dermot Lacey is an Irish Labour Party politician. He is a member of Dublin City Council in Dublin, Ireland.

Political career

Lacey has been a member of Dublin City Council since 1993 - first representing the South East Inner City area and, since the 1999 Local Elections, the Pembroke area. He topped the poll in the 2004 Local Elections. He first joined the Labour Party in 1977 and has served as a Branch Officer and Constituency Officer for much of that time.

He was a member of the National Youth Committee of Labour Youth and employed as the National Youth Development Officer for a period of ten years. He was Dublin South–East Director of Elections for various referendums and for Ruairi Quinn's Dáil campaign in the 2002 general election.

On the City Council, Lacey has been: Chairperson of the South East Area Committee, the Enterprise and Employment Committee and the Strategic Policy Committee on Arts, Culture Leisure and Youth. He also served as Cathaoirleach of the Dublin Regional Authority.