I recently had the pleasure of visiting Dunsink Observatory in my constituency. It is an historic and environmental gem. Unfortunately, I could only access it by travelling through the Tánaiste's constituency. This is due to a chronic problem of illegal dumping. The Fianna Fáil Senators, including Senator Malcolm Byrne, have brought forward the Local Government (Surveillance Powers in Relation to Certain Offences) Bill 2022 to try to put on a legislative basis the use of such technology as drone footage and number plate recognition in this regard. I ask that the Government would take this on board. Illegal dumping is a chronic problem across all of Dublin North-West and in many other Dublin communities.

I very much identify with Deputy McAuliffe's comments on illegal dumping. I also had the chance to visit Dunsink Observatory and it really is a hidden gem. We should make better use of it and I hope people will have the chance to visit if they have not already done so. It is in one of those interface areas that crosses sometimes into my constituency and sometimes into the Deputy's. It is currently in Deputy McAuliffe's constituency, and it might be in mine yet again. It is high time that Dunsink Lane was reopened so that people can access it from both Finglas and Castleknock. That road was closed for particular reasons a long time ago, but those reasons have now passed.