Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 13 June 2023
Joint Committee On Health
Services and Supports for People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Discussion
Mr. Ken Kilbride:
No. That is one of the challenges we face. I would have been able to pick up the phone and speak to various clinicians. The range for the 60,000 children would be approximately between 20% and 50%. Within that, medication would probably be quite a high percentage. Of the 60,000 children, between 20,000 and 30,000 might be in the system. More than likely, between 30,000 and 40,000 are not. There are far more children out there with undiagnosed ADHD than there are in the system being treated.
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