Section 2 : Criteria for Subject Matter

SECTION 2: CRITERIA FOR SUBJECT MATTER

As the naming of public infrastructure or the creation of a memorial is long-term the Council needs to establish certain criteria regarding this.  The naming of infrastructure needs to be appropriate to its function and location, whereas for the erection of a lasting tribute to a person, group or event it is integral that the subject matter of the memorial is of sufficient importance and significance to Fingal to merit its installation.

The following criteria will be applied for all proposals:

• For commemorative monuments or plaques or the commemorative naming of public buildings or facilities, the individual to be commemorated must have been born or lived in Fingal or have had strong and/or enduring connections with the Fingal area and its history or have made an important social, cultural or economic contributions to society in Fingal
• Proposals to commemorate living persons will not be considered. Nominees will have to have died at least 20 years previously or have passed the centenary of their birth whichever is earlier.  A lesser period may be considered by the Council in very exceptional cases.
• For an event to be commemorated by a monument, plaque or naming of a public building it must have occurred in Fingal and must mark a significant anniversary of an event of importance in the history and development of Fingal.
• An event will have to have occurred at least 20 years previously unless it is of extraordinary and long-lasting consequence to Fingal.