The census has been referred to. Question 23 on the census form relates to carers. Whether you are a paid permanent carer or a carer in the home, you are asked how many hours you contribute to caring for your loved ones. It is really important that people answer that question.

Saturday, 2 April, is World Autism Awareness Day, and the theme for this year is inclusion in the workplace and challenges and opportunities in a post-pandemic world. It is a really important theme and something we should all be aware of, especially this Saturday, 2 April.

Finally, I wish to raise the fact that Mental Health Ireland is holding a "hello" campaign on Thursday, 7 April. It is encouraging people to say hello and "How are you?" to their neighbours and to people they meet on the street and to listen very carefully to the answers. So many people out there are suffering. Limerick Mental Health Association is hosting its own campaign on the same day. It is encouraging community groups to hold coffee mornings, get-togethers and walks, asking people to join in and to be compassionate towards others. They are also encouraging schools to have colour days. It is a matter of talking to people in a humane way and communicating with people. The main point is to say hello. The campaign asks people to listen to the answers they receive back.

The community whence Senator Keogan and I come has been blighted by a number of tragic deaths of young people by suicide recently, so Senator Byrne raises a very important point.

As the previous Senator mentioned, Saturday is World Autism Awareness Day, as designated by the UN. The theme this year is "Inclusion in the Workplace: Challenges and Opportunities...". That is particularly important in Ireland because we have the lowest rate of employment for people with disabilities in Europe. It is something we have to be far better at and we need to reach out and understand. That is an important message we could give from here.

I congratulate Fórsa for its excellent symposium yesterday, which president Michael Smyth organised, in respect of 20 years of service of the school completion programme. It was wonderful to attend and listen to the voices of young people whose lives have been positively impacted by participating in the programme over those years. It showed the transformative power of education to expand the realms of possibility for students, as well as the ripple effect in society and the effect it has of transforming our society. Every young person in school should have the opportunity to participate in such a programme or in a home school liaison programme, if needed. We saw the power of it and well done to them.

The other item I want to mention relates to the circular economy Bill, which I welcome, and specifically the use of CCTV to detect and deter illegal dumping and littering. Every county has a problem with this and in Kildare we spend more than €1 million every year on gathering litter. We have a particular problem around the Bog of Allen and the Curragh. Around the Curragh, we also have a problem with illegal encampment, which starts around this time every year. It does not have the title of a national park, even though I have been fighting for that since I came in here, but the Curragh, because of its unique archaeology, heritage and geology, needs extra supports and funding to tackle illegal encampments and illegal dumping.