Students with ADHD urged to fill prescriptions before exams due to shortages

Ken Kilbride, the chief executive of ADHD Ireland, said: 'We’d call on parents, say if you have a child doing the Leaving Certificate in the next month, just to check and make sure their medication is available. Check now.'

Students with ADHD and their parents are being urged to get their prescriptions filled in advance of their Leaving and Junior Certificates amid a rolling shortage the crucial medications.

The students are the latest to be affected by medication shortages, which have worsened since the pandemic disrupted supply chain lines.