Submitting an Injury Notification - Players (GAA)

Overview

This article will explain how you can submit an injury notification.  Please note, this is only available to members of the GAA association.

To continue with the steps in this article, you must have an active GAA membership and a membership ID.  If you don't have a membership ID, please see Missing Membership Number for more information.

If you do not have an active Foireann account, please contact your club registrar.

Please note, this only applies to GAA clubs, counties and independent teams in Ireland.

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Table of Contents

• Prerequisites
• Creating your injury notification
• Creating your injury notification on behalf of your child
• How-to Video

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Prerequisites

• You must have a valid playing membership for the season
• You must have a membership ID
• You can only submit a claim for an injury that happened 60 days in the past. The date of your injury is counted as day 1.
• The club, county or independent team you are applying through has paid the GAA Player Injury Fund in advance of your injury notification

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Creating your injury notification

Log in to your Foireann account and go to 'Profile'.

Click on 'Player Actions' - formerly 'Player Transfers'.

On the 'Player Actions' screen, you will be able to create a Player Transfer Application, create a Player Notification, or review past and in-progress applications for both.

To create your injury notification, click on 'Create Injury Notification'

Please make sure the details on your profile are correct, i.e. name, date of birth, address, contact information, before selecting the 'Confirm' checkbox and clicking the 'Next' button.

Enter the details of your injury, i.e. which club, county or independent team it happened with. Please note, if you have more than one club, county, or independent team added to your Foireann profile, you will have to select the relevant unit from the 'Club/County' dropdown.

If you only have one unit on your profile, that will be selected by default.

After selecting the unit, you need to select the team from that unit. For example, Senior Hurling

💡Note: If you are not listed on a teams in the 'Teams & Group' section, un-select the 'Limit to my teams' toggle, the dropdown will now show all of the teams for your unit.  

Please note, if a team isn't appearing, please get in touch with the secretary so they can ensure it is created in the 'Teams & Groups' section.

In the next section, you should enter all of the details of your injury and all required fields indicated by *

This includes:

Field	Mandatory/Optional
Activity	Mandatory
Opposition County	Optional (Depending on Activity)
Opposition Club/County	Optional (Depending on Activity)
Injury Location	Mandatory
Weather	Mandatory
Lighting	Mandatory
Footwear	Mandatory

Next, you need to add more information about your injury. To do this, click the 'Add Injury Details' button.

From the relevant dropdowns, you can select the 'Area', 'Detail' and 'Severity' of the injury. 

💡Note: You can add multiple injury details, i.e Fractured Ankle and Disclocated Shoulder 

In the next section, you should enter all of the details of your injury and all required fields indicated by *

Field	Mandatory/Optional
Injury Cause	Mandatory
Loss of Consciousness	Mandatory
Treatment was administered at the time of injury	Mandatory
Mouthguard / Helmet	Mandatory
Were you substituted	Mandatory

💡Note:

• If the injury occurred during football, A mouthguard must have been worn at the time of the injury
• If the injury occurred during hurling, A helmet must have been worn at the time of the injury

In the next section, you should enter all of the details of your injury and all required fields indicated by *

Field	Mandatory/Optional
Injury Circumstances	Mandatory
Employment	Mandatory
Private Medical Insurance	Mandatory
Private Medical Insurance Plan	Optional (Depending on question above)
Nature of Claim	Mandatory

💡Note:

• To describe the circumstances, please note briefly how the injury occurred
• For the question on private medical insurance, if you have other private medical insurance that may cover this injury, please select the private medical insurance provider that you have and note the name of your plan. If you don't have private medical insurance – select no private medical insurance from the dropdown list

Once you have entered your injury details you can do a full review on section 4.  You will need to select the checkboxes before you 'Submit'.

After you 'Submit' a pop up box will appear where you have to 'Confirm'.

The Secretary of your unit (Club, County, etc) will be notified to validate your injury notification. You will be notified whenever a decision is made and, if approved, your Injury Notification will be passed to Allianz for processing.

Allianz will contact you directly for any information that is required in the processing of the claim

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Creating your injury notification on behalf of your child

Log in to your Foireann account and go to 'Family'

Click 'View' next to your child's name

Go to 'Player Actions' - formerly 'Player Transfers'

On the 'Player Actions' screen, you will be able to create a Player Transfer Application, create a Player Notification, or review past and in-progress applications for both.

To create your child's injury notification, click on 'Create Injury Notification'

Please make sure the details on the child's profile are correct i.e. name, date of birth, address, contact information before selecting the 'Confirm' checkbox and clicking the 'Next' button.

Enter the details of your child's injury, i.e. which club, county or independent team it happened with. Please note, if you have more than one club, county, or independent team added to your child's Foireann profile, you will have to select the relevant unit from the 'Club/County' dropdown.

If your child only has one unit on their profile, that will be the default.

After selecting the unit, you need to select the team from that unit. For example, U17 Hurling

💡Note: If your child is not listed on a team in the 'Teams & Groups' section, unselect the 'Limit to my teams' toggle, and the dropdown will now show all of the teams for your child's unit.

Please note, if a team isn't appearing, please get in touch with the secretary so they can ensure it is created in the 'Teams & Groups' section.

In the next section, you should enter all of the details of your child's injury and all required fields indicated by *

This includes:

Field	Mandatory/Optional
Activity	Mandatory
Opposition County	Optional (Depending on Activity)
Opposition Club/County	Optional (Depending on Activity)
Injury Location	Mandatory
Weather	Mandatory
Lighting	Mandatory
Footwear	Mandatory

Next, you need to add more information about your child's injury. To do this, click the 'Add Injury Details' button.

From the relevant dropdowns, you can select the 'Area', 'Detail' and 'Severity' of the injury. 

💡Note: You can add multiple injury details, i.e Fractured Ankle and Disclocated Shoulder 

In the next section, you should enter all of the details of your child's injury and all required fields indicated by *

Field	Mandatory/Optional
Injury Cause	Mandatory
Loss of Consciousness	Mandatory
Treatment was administered at the time of injury	Mandatory
Mouthguard / Helmet	Mandatory
Were you substituted	Mandatory

💡Note:

• If the injury occurred during football, A mouthguard must have been worn at the time of the injury
• If the injury occurred during hurling, A helmet must have been worn at the time of the injury

In the next section, you should enter all of the details of your child's injury and all required fields indicated by *

Field	Mandatory/Optional
Injury Circumstances	Mandatory
Employment	Mandatory
Private Medical Insurance	Mandatory
Private Medical Insurance Plan	Optional (Depending on question above)
Nature of Claim	Mandatory

💡Note:

• To describe the circumstances, please note briefly how the injury occurred
• For the question on private medical insurance, if you have other private medical insurance that may cover this injury, please select the private medical insurance provider that you have and note the name of your plan. If you don't have private medical insurance – select no private medical insurance from the dropdown list

Once you have entered the injury details you can do a full review on section 4.  You will need to select the checkboxes before you 'Submit'.

After you 'Submit' a pop up box will appear where you have to 'Confirm'.

The Secretary of your child's unit (Club, County, etc) will be notified to validate their injury notification. You (Parent/guardian) will be notified whenever a decision is made and, if approved, your child's Injury Notification will be passed to Allianz for processing.

Allianz will contact you directly for any information that is required in the processing of the claim

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How-To Video