Cllr Ray McAdam

Ray serves as Chair of Dublin City Council’s Protocol Committee and is the Leader of the Fine Gael party on Dublin City Council.

Ray also is a member of the City Council’s Mobility & Public Realm Strategic Policy Committee as well as the Housing Strategic Policy Committee.

Within the North Inner City, Ray is co-Chair of the O’Devaney Gardens Redevelopment Community Consultative Forum and has served in the role since 2017. Ray serves as a Board member of the Grangegorman Development Agency, following his re-election to Dublin City Council in June 2024. Ray, has once again been appointed to the Board of Dublin Town, a role he previously held between 2009 and 2014.

Ray has extensive appear serving in a variety of roles and committees throughout his team as a City Councillor for the North Inner City, including:

• Chair, Planning & Urban Form Strategic Policy Committee, 2019 – 2024.
• Member, HSE Regional Health Forum, 2019 – 2024.
• Chair, North Inner City Policing Committee, 2014 – 2019.
• Member, Dublin Docklands Oversight Forum, 2020 – 2023.
• Chair, Dublin Central Area Committee, 2012 – 2013, 2021 – 2023.
• Member, Grangegorman Consultative Forum, 2009 – 2014, 2019 – 2024.
• Chair, North Inner City Area Committee, 2017 – 2018.
• Member, North Inner City Drugs & Alcohol Task Force, 2010 – 2014.
• Committee member, Community Policing Forum, 2009 – 2014.
• Member, Housing Strategic Policy Committee, 2009 – 2019.
• Member, Finance Strategic Policy Committee, 2014 – 2019.

Ray was re-elected to serve the communities of the North Inner City on Dublin City Council with a platform of 5 KEY PRIORITIES:He intends seeking a fourth term as your City Councillor at the 2024 Local Elections.

Ray serves as Chair of Dublin City Council’s Planning & Urban Form Strategic Policy Committee. Among the issues he has worked in this role since 2019 include:

• The preparation of a new Dublin City Heritage Plan adopted recently.
• Reviewing the Retail Strategy for the City Centre to attract Dubliners and tourists alike, back into our City Centre.
• Updating the Special Planning Scheme for O’Connell Street.
• Considering how Dublin City Council can help in the delivery of better quality and more affordable childcare facilities.
• Overseeing the initial stages of the City Edge project in the Long Mile Road area.
• Assessing how to better implement Derelict Sites and Vacant Sites legislation.
• Leading the review of the Dublin City Development Plan and overseeing the process of preparing a new planning rule book for the city that came into effect on December 14^th, 2022.