Covid-19 Update
– Safe Return to Gaelic Games
The
GAA, An Cumann Camogaíochta and the LGFA have today published a plan for a safe
return to Gaelic games for the three organisations.
The
plan (View Plan HERE) is the work of a specially appointed Advisory Committee, which included
representatives of all three bodies, the GPA and a number of medical experts
(see below for committee members).
It
offers a route back to activity, subject to the government timelines being achieved
in the weeks and months ahead.
It
is broken down into sections covering Medical Advice; Preparing for a Safe
Return; Information for Players and Team Personnel; Summary and Checklist; Roadmap
for Return to Activity
Some
of the stand-out elements of the report include:
·
A gradual return to on-field non-contact activity in Phase Three of
the Government plan in small groups.
·
The need for an online education programme and new measures around temperature
checking and completed documentation before training and games.
·
A return to contact sport on July 20.
·
Provisional windows for club activity and the return of inter-county
training and competitions.
The
document mirrors the Government roadmap and outlines the opt-in approach of the
wider Gaelic games family regarding a possible return to activity and play.
It
is being distributed to all units today with a view to providing them with time
to put in place the necessary arrangements to facilitate a return to activity.
The members of the Covid-19 Advisory Group are:
Shay Bannon (Chairman) - existing
Chairman of GAA Health and Safety Committee
Professor Mary Horgan, (U.C.C. and
President of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland)
Dick Clerkin (Chairman of GAA Medical
Scientific and Welfare Committee)
Dr Pat O’Neill (Dublin)
Dr Kevin Moran (Donegal)
Dr Jim O’Donovan (Limerick)
Dr Sean Moffatt (Chair of Gaelic Athletic Medics Association and Mayo team
doctor)
Paul Flynn (CEO Gaelic Players
Association)
Stephen Mc Geehan (Head of Operations, Ulster GAA)
Tony Mc Guinness (Events and Safety
Manager, Croke Park)
Sinéad Mc Nulty (CEO, Cumann Camogaíochta na nGael)
Helen O’Rourke (CEO, Ladies Gaelic Football Association)
John Horan (Uachtarán CLG)
Tom Ryan (Ard Stiúrthóir CLG)
Feargal Mc Gill (Director of Player, Club and Games Administration CLG)