Reviewing GAA Development Fund Applications at the County level

Overview

The GAA Development Fund Application review process has begun.  This is a guide for county admins or members of a county executive committee with the Safety & Facilities Officer (SFO) role on how they can access and review development fund applications.

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Accessing GAA Development Fund Applications as a County Admin

Accessing GAA Development Fund Applications as a Safety & Facilities Officer

Accessing GAA Development Fund Applications as a County Admin

Log into your Foireann account and go to the 'Administration' section on the left navigation menu.

Select the county you have club admin access to. 

Once in the Administration section, you can either select the 'Financial Applications' tab (to the right of the 'Overview' tab) or select the 'View Applications' button under the Financial Applications box.

You will see a list of different financial applications made by clubs within your county and any financial applications your county has made.  

Note: Keep an eye on the 'type' field and look for GAA Development Fund

To access the application, click on the 'View' button.

At the top of the page, you will see the 'Approval Steps' below is a summary of how the GAA Development Fund Applications works:

Club Applies → County Reviews → Province Reviews → GAA Finance Depart Reviews

Below the approval steps, you can see the responses submitted, add a note to the application and download all attachments. 

To add a note to the application, select the 'Add Note' button and a pop-up box will appear where you can add your comments, click the 'Add Note' button to save.

Since several documents will be added to each application you can download all attached files to review outside of Foireann.  To do this click on the 'Download All Attachments' button, and a zipped folder containing all of the attachments for that club's application will download to your device.

To review the application click on the 'Review' button at the top of the page.

A series of 'Yes/No' questions will appear in a separate form.  At the bottom of the form, you will be able to 'Approve' the application or 'Request More Info' from the club.

Note: Required fields are marked with a *

The 'Approve' button will move the application to the next stage of the review process (provincial review), and the 'Request More Info' button will display a pop-up box where you can provide a reason for requesting more information and the club will be notified with the reason you provided.

When the application is approved the Approval Steps will update.

Accessing GAA Development Fund Applications as a Safety & Facilities Officer

Two Main Steps (In this order):

1. Add your County to your profile

2. Get an admin for your County to assign you the role of SFO in the Executive Committee

Note: You must have your County listed in your profile before being assigned Safety & Facilities Officer

Log into your Foireann account and go to the 'Profile' section on the left navigation menu.

Under the 'Your Club(s) section add your County using the filters provided.

eg:

Association = GAA

County = Tyrone

Club Search = Tyrone (County)

Only when you have done this, an admin for your County should assign you as SFO (Safety & Facilities Officer) for your County.

Note: You must be listed in your county Executive Committee as a Safety & Facilities Officer the following steps

Log into your Foireann account and go to the 'Administration' section on the left navigation menu.

Once in the Administration section, you can either select the 'Financial Applications' tab (to the right of the 'Overview' tab) or select the 'View Applications' button under the Financial Applications box.

You will see a list of GAA Development Fund Applications made by clubs within your county.

To access the application, click on the 'View' button.

At the top of the page, you will see the 'Approval Steps' below is a summary of how the GAA Development Fund Applications works:

Club Applies → County Reviews → Province Reviews → GAA Finance Depart Reviews

Below the approval steps, you can see the responses submitted, add a note to the application and download all attachments. 

To add a note to the application, select the 'Add Note' button and a pop-up box will appear where you can add your comments, click the 'Add Note' button to save.

Since several documents will be uploaded on each application you can download all attached files to review outside of Foireann.  To do this click on the 'Download All Attachments' button, and a zipped folder containing all of the attachments for that club's application will download to your device.

To review the application click on the 'Review' button at the top of the page.

A series of 'Yes/No' questions will appear in a separate form.  At the bottom of the form, you will be able to 'Approve' the application or 'Request More Info' from the club.

Note: Required fields are marked with a *

The 'Approve' button will move the application to the next stage of the review process (provincial review), and the 'Request More Info' button will display a pop-up box where you can provide a reason for requesting more information and the club will be notified with the reason you provided.

When the application is approved the Approval Steps will update.