COUNTY SECRETARY’S REPORT

PLAYERS  INJURY SCHEME

The mandatory scheme provides benefit to members playing our games and also to accredited club personnel performing designated duties in connection with the activities of Clubs registered in the Scheme. The Injury Scheme is funded entirely from Club and GAA funds with NO outside insurance involvement. There is NO legal obligation on the GAA to provide such a Scheme. Risk is an inherent factor in sport, as in life. When members voluntarily take part in Club activities, they accept the risks that such participation may bring.

The Injury Scheme does NOT seek to compensate fully for injury but to supplement other Schemes such as Personnel Accident or Health Insurance. The Scheme ONLY provides cover for unrecoverable losses up to the limit specified under the Scheme. Ultimately, the responsibility to ensure that adequate cover is in place lies  with the individual member, commensurate with his/her specific needs. All claims are required to be reported to Willis within 60 days of the incident by completing as a minimum the first 2 pages of the claim form that can be downloaded from www.gaa.ie. It is vital that each claim is  assessed  by the club to ensure that the injury took place during GAA activity. The majority of claims are processed within a period of 4 weeks, and, generally delays only occur when insufficient details are provided with the application.