The fund provides benefits to registered members playing the national games of Hurling & Gaelic Football 

The GAA Injury Benefit Fund is a Self-funded benefit fund funded entirely from GAA funds with no outside involvement. In effect it is a benefit fund funded by members for the members. 

The Injury Fund is not an Insurance Scheme There is no legal obligation on the GAA to provide such a fund or for any of our units to pay for treatments, surgeries required. 

Risk is an inherent factor in sport, as in life. When members voluntarily take part in Club activities particularly playing activities in contact sports, they accept the risks that such participation may bring. 

Each player needs to ensure that they have adequate cover in place to meet their own individual needs and personal circumstances. 

The GAA Injury Benefit Fund is only in place to cover benefits which cannot be claimed elsewhere and is a benefit cover only. 

The GAA Injury Benefit Fund does not seek to compensate fully for Injuries sustained but to supplement other Schemes such as Private Health Insurance.

The playing of Football & Hurling involves the risk of Injury and it is each individual registered player’s responsibility to familiarise themselves with the terms and benefits of the GAA Injury Benefit Fund. 

In summary, the GAA Injury Benefit Fund is in place to cover benefits which cannot be claimed elsewhere. the Injury Benefit Fund should not be used as a guarantee for the payment of expenses. Ultimately, the responsibility to ensure that adequate cover is in place lies with the individual member, commensurate with his \ her specific needs and members should not use the fund as their only recourse or be dependent on the fund to compensate them fully for any losses associated with the injury sustained.