Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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I thank everyone for being here this morning. I thank Ms Riordan for that last piece. For any parent who has kids with different needs, that was a very moving statement. I suspect that everybody in Ireland probably has somebody with ADHD in their lives - I know I do. I will start at the beginning.

One of the most striking things that Mr. Kilbride mentioned in his statement is that there is no national protocol on how we assess ADHD or guidelines for intervention. Could he expand on that? How have we reached that point? There is a very high prevalence rate of ADHD, whether it is 2% or 5%. That is a very high prevalence rate for something that we have no national protocol on. That might lead into a conversation about private assessment. Perhaps the witnesses could expand on that.