How do I start looking into an adult ADHD assessment in the Republic of Ireland?
The HSE has a national Adult ADHD Model of Care, but current public specialist-team implementation is not uniform, so the intended model must be kept separate from actual regional access.
Scope before you act
Republic of Ireland This scope signal is derived from the governed question wording for orientation only. It is not an eligibility, legal or clinical determination.
Current understanding
The HSE Adult ADHD Model of Care describes specialist assessment, diagnosis, treatment and service configuration and was updated in June 2026. Current HSE implementation material shows that public adult ADHD teams are still being established and that availability can depend on catchment and region. That means the national model is not evidence that every adult can currently access the same public team. A person should check the current route for their HSE health region/local mental-health service rather than assuming a neighbouring county or team accepts them. Diagnosis should remain separate from medication initiation, titration, prescribing and ongoing treatment decisions. ND Oracle does not diagnose ADHD, recommend medication or turn a local HSE service example into a national promise. Republic-of-Ireland HSE services are distinct from Northern Ireland HSC/NHS services.
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What evidence is still needed
- Current region-by-region adult ADHD referral, catchment, waiting, private-report and post-diagnostic service evidence across all six HSE health regions.
Where people may disagree
- People can have substantial attention, executive-function or regulation difficulties without meeting ADHD diagnostic criteria; support needs should not be reduced to diagnostic status.
When this answer should be revisited
- HSE completes or materially changes national adult ADHD team rollout.
- The Adult ADHD Model of Care materially changes.
- Health-region or catchment referral arrangements materially change.
Question provenance and review state
Republic of Ireland Assessment & diagnosis v1 route assembled from current HSE first-party guidance and programme material. Republic-of-Ireland HSE scope is kept separate from Northern Ireland HSC/NHS routes; no personalised diagnosis or medication decision is made.