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Fianna Fáil Justice and Equality spokesperson Jim O’Callaghan. Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie
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FIANNA FÁIL’S JUSTICE spokesperson has called for the Department of Justice & Equality to develop a fostering programme for asylum seekers to relieve pressure on Ireland’s Direct Provison system.
In addition to the 6,000 people living in 38 Direct Provision centres around Ireland, almost 1,400 people are being accommodated in hotels and B&Bs.
Since September 2018, over €14 million has been spent on emergency accommodation.
In the past year, two arson attacks in Moville, Co Donegal and Rooskey, Co Roscommon have put paid to the Department’s plans to open further Direct Provision centres.
Following continued protests in Oughterard, Co Galway last week, a tender was withdrawn for the Connemara Gateway Hotel which was set to accommodate 200 asylum seekers.
TD Jim O’Callaghan has said these recent incidents “make the Direct Provision system more problematic and more complicated then it already was”.
Public procurement difficulties experienced by RIA alongside issues for Direct Provision residents finding suitable accommodation in the rental sector once granted leave-to-remain, has forced RIA to contract hotels and B&Bs.
O’Callaghan told TheJournal.ie that, in addition to the State owning properties to accommodated asylum seekers, the Department of Justice & Equality should shift policy to assess the possibility of a fostering system for international protection applicants.
“Let’s look at the opposition to Direct Provision. One of the arguments is that keeping people there for long periods of time is inhumane. I agree with that,” O’Callaghan said.
“One of the benefits of a fostering system is that people could be brought into family units, they wouldn’t be concentrated in one or two areas like in Oughterard.”
O’Callaghan has said that fostering could alleviate pressure on Ireland’s asylum system and should be examined in the context of Ireland’s foster system whereby foster families are paid €325 for children under 12 and €352 per week over 12.
This payment is designed to cover food, clothing, basic travel, household bills, education costs and everyday living.
“It could be an incentive for people to take in families. A lot of Irish people are well-intentioned but also they’d get a financial return for it,” O’Callaghan said.
“It could be terminated by the [family] at any stage. I don’t know how many people would go for it but you could have situation people could come in, they wouldn’t be concentrated in one area,” O’Callaghan.
Any system would need to be “closely scrutinised so you don’t have people taking advantage”, O’Callaghan said, and subject to garda vetting.
There could also be situations suitable to providing accommodation for single males and females, said O’Callaghan, who said that families would not be separated under this model.
“It would obviously be voluntary,” he said.
‘Community Sponsorship’
There is distinction in law between a refugee and an international protection applicant – or asylum seeker.
The government – separate to Direct Provision – already has a mechanism for refugee resettlement through community sponsorship.
Following the European migrant crisis in 2015, the Irish Refugee Protection Programme (IRPP) was established.
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In late 2018, Community Sponsorship Ireland (CSI) was set up under the programme. The scheme is a complementary resettlement stream as opposed to the traditional state-centred model for refugees.
“The unique feature of the programme is to provide private citizens and community based organisations an opportunity to directly support a refugee family,” a Department spokesperson has said.
“Involved community groups assist the family in accessing services and provide not only supports, but most importantly friendship and a welcome.”
As part of the pilot phase, five refugee families – 17 people – have been facilitated by Community Sponsorship groups in five towns around Ireland.
The pilot phase of the programme is currently being reviewed, the spokesperson added, and a decision on whether to establish Community Sponsorship as a national programme is expected over the coming weeks.
Community sponsorship programmes for refugees were first rolled out in Canada in the 1970s before they were introduced in the UK and Ireland.
Migrants rights centre Nasc is a Regional Support Organisation which assist community groups with their applications to resettle refugees, liaise with the DOJ and provide the training for the community groups.
Fiona Finn, CEO of Nasc, told TheJournal.ie that on entering the country the families all have refugee status and “all the benefits that brings with it”.
“The community groups go through a rigorous application process, oftentimes taking months to complete training, raise funds and source suitable accommodation,” Finn said.
“It’s a very significant and serious commitment on the part of the groups who choose to do this,” she added.
Each family is accommodated in their own property following community network engagement.
The department points out that the IRPP must be distinguished from a situation where international protection applicants spontaneously arrive in the State seeking international protection.
“The current pressures experienced by RIA largely arise from a sharp increase in the number of spontaneous international protection applicants seeking asylum in Ireland,” the spokesperson said.
The IRPP – supported by the Irish Red Cross – essentially brings in refugees who are registered with the UN Refugee Agency through a government-approved pathway.
‘A Stigma’
Fianna Fáil’s O’Callaghan says that, following the tender withdrawal in Oughterard, “we need to have another avenue whereby people can be accommodated”.
“There’s a bit of a lack of awareness out there about Direct Provision. We’ve a responsibility, an international obligation…to provide international protection to genuine asylum seekers.”
“When people say we need abolish Direct Provision we need to recognise those people have to be given accommodation,” O’Callaghan said.
He says that an expanded fostering system for asylum seekers “needs to be done on a central, organised basis by the Department”.
“Ultimately it’s a policy decision. There’s a benefit in the State speeding up the whole process,” he said.
It’s worthwhile seeing if there are expressions of interest.
Finn of Nasc said that elements of consultation and planning involved in Community Sponsorship “could certainly be replicated in planning accommodation for asylum seekers.”
“It is really important that we have a discussion about alternatives to Direct Provision and how we can move to a more sustainable model of accommodation-provision for asylum seekers. We are glad to see that conversation moving to the mainstream,” Finn added.
However, under Irish and EU law, the Irish State has a legal obligation to provide accommodation for asylum seekers and “we would be concerned if that obligation was outsourced to communities,” she said.
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It is totally unacceptable that any ‘so called’ democratic government should conduct clandestine programs to introduce unmanageable numbers of foreign unfortunates into a society already suffering increasing homelessness year upon year while also irrationally accusing the native population of racism. The term ‘Voluntary’ is another description of government washing its already immaculately clean hands. Message to Varadkar, a great Irish name by the way, Merkel needs to take a very long hike and you should join her.
@Denis McClean: nice wee swipe about the name varadkar can only see that as a bigoted swipe whatever valid point you were trying to make was totally undone by that silly statement. Couldn’t help yourself?
@Niall Carry: I think his point is Valid , also the Current Govt policy has no support in the Country. As to referencing our un elected leaders name , i presume he pointing out his back ground could well be influencing the Current Govts direction.
@Tony Moore: does spending money one place means you don’t elsewhere? Of course. Any link beyond that? Nope. So there are literally tens of thousands of other things that could be linked to this. Why is you always pick the same one?
@GrahamMManning: Simple because its the one we can fix tomorrow. We spend 800 million on over seas aid yet they still come , We gave the bank of Africa 100 million , yet cut the back to work allowance for the disabled. We spend 200 million on direct provision , yet no money fir our homeless. When one is successful in their application he can bring FOUR relatives to live with them. Who in their right mind would vote for this .
@Niall Carry: Play the race card again , What is racist is bringing these unfortunate people into a country that has no where, for them.
Ireland is overloaded and unable to look after its own.
@Tony Moore: but plenty of other wasteful (no I don’t agree what you listed is) avenues could be remedied just as easily if not more so but not tis always immigrants with you. Why is that? Not that you’ll answer honestly of course.
@GrahamMManning: We have a housing crisis, a non-functioning health service and a very cost of living. Michael is correct. This kip is not ready to take in more poor unfortunates.
An Irishman born and bred, and self employed with bills to pay is entitled to nothing. Yet provisions can be made for refugees that we can’t afford or house. We can’t even house ourselves. I’m not racist in any shape or form, I’d welcome these people in to my community with open arms but to see your friends trying to make ends meet is soul destroying.
@Bull McCabe: totally agree. We need to sort our own mess out before we start trying to find a solution for these people. Iv nothing against anyone trying to make a better life for themselves but it’s not fair to do it at the expense of our own
@Bull McCabe: They aren’t refugees. Refugees are those whose claim for international protection has been validated. These are asylum seekers who are seeking international protection. Their claims have not been validated. And the top four claimant nationalities have massive rejection rates everywhere in the EU.
But Ireland is obliged to provide for asylum seekers. The best way to do this is the much maligned system of direct provision which provides a better standard than most EU counties. The core issue is not DP. It never was. It’s the system of decision making that takes too long and does not prioritise and fast-track claimants that are likely to fail. In this case that would be those from Georgia, Albania, Nigeria and Zimbabwe.
@GrahamMManning: You use the racist word like a hooker , it begins to lose value as a word when used in bland non Intelligent reply to a well thought out point of view.
@Tony Moore: Jebus do hookers use the word “racist” a lot? In what context? Ya must be into some very odd, kinky stuff but as long as tis consensual and no one gets hurt I suppose to each there own. Not my thing personally though.
@Tony Moore: first bit doesn’t make sense, shock, and you’re the one who turned us down the sexual road kiddo. As for my proclivities what business of yours would it be if they did include consensual fun with, legally aged, young men? Got a problem with that too eh?
@Tony Moore: then why’d ya bring it up and try to use it as an insult? And 5 days a week im in a room with crayons, pens, loadsa other cool stuff and students too. Scary?
So we will have Irish who cant afford or find a home who are living with there parents . Now sharing the same home with some one who , no one has a clue who or were they came from. Then we have the students of the country who cant find accommodation during Collage , now competing for accommodation with people who application’s have not been dealt with. This TD is really in touch with what’s going on in this kip, i wonder how an anti immigration party will do at the next election.
@GrahamMManning: “DP is an inhumane and insanely expensive farce”. Wrong. Stop listening to propaganda.
DP is roughly a quarter of the cost of the alternative of hotels and B&Bs. It also provides access to far more comprehensive services and supports. Nor is it inhumane. The alternative is homelessness or living in tents, warehouses and containers as they do in many EU states. DP provides a humane environment and a swathe is reforms have made it a better system.
The problem is the campaign by NGOs who want DP abolished. They have NO alternatives. They want asylum seekers to be given houses and apartments.
The problem is not DP. It is the slow system of processing and the lack of prioritisation for certain categories who are going to fail the process. Stop virtue signalling about DP.
@GrahamMManning: Skilled Immigration is good for any country. Hordes of un skilled , non english speaking , non christian . Are as about as useful as a doze of piles , the drain this bankrupt country , add to housing , homelessness, a drain on our social services in Our In debt 212 billion , and rising Country.
@John R: sigh. The delay in processing is what i was getting at. Leaving people in limbo for years is inhumane. And the associated legal costs, length of time in DP and lack of contribution to the state, more so than the actual daily cost of DP is the expense I was alluding to. Apply, one appeal and if neither are successful back to where you came from. Whole process should take no longer than 12 months.
@GrahamMManning: Its not the God they believe in that is the problem. !! When Tony mentioned non Christian He obviously ment different values in Society. Not who they pray too. We have hordes of mostly men hanging around our towns with very different views of how to treat women. We had a very serious sexual adult of a local lady in a town near us. A town that us over run by asylum seekers and land lords getting big money to pack them in. I do not intend to take them all with the same brush but we do have a big problem. It is a cultural difference and has to be discussed. We have serious sexual assaults and people afraid to walk down the streets. It has nothing to do with been racist.. our skin colour and which God we pray to is not the issue.
@Theresa Corrigan: there’s loadsa obvious stuff in what Tony says, what you’ve identified isn’t necessarily one of em. Again with the “hordes”, “over-run”? You’re struggling to clear a pretty low bar. Any sexual assaults by non-immigrants you wanna mention? You know, for balance. My immigrant neighbour’s are lovely, haven’t assaulted anyone in any manner that I’m aware of. Issues with landlords too? Should I mention I’m one? Do you get the irony of talking about not using the same brush then using the same brush? Who’s afraid to walk down what street? And if religion has nothing to do with it then why mention it? Comes with the implication that non-Christians can’t be decent people or assimilate into your society!
We must take control of our borders, and we must deport people before taking any more in, it is as simple as that. The use of taxpayer’s money to fund the legal trades endless appeals should not be allowed to continue.
Fianna Fáil’s Jim O’Callaghan, a member of the legal trade; the primary beneficiaries of the present system has had the last twenty years to have contributed on this issue. It’s him, and the other politicians’ silence then has led to the mess we are in now. His proposal for families to house asylum seeker is silly.
Perhaps Jim should recall it was his party that brought this country to it’s knees. They now keep in power the blueshirts who only made matters worse… certainly asylum seekers should be welcomed into this country. .The problem of homelessness, housing crisis, crumbling health service scandal after scandal…A perfect storm F.F. and the Blueshirts.. The pox and the plague.
There. Are too many asylum seekers, we fail to even look after our own. My understanding that asylum seekers apply in the first country they get to after leaving their own country, how does Ireland fit in to this! exactly? I am not against immigration, in fact it’s important for the country to have new blood. My concern is we don’t look after our own people first.
Sure we don’t even know who they are , Italy just arrested a boat load of asylum seekers . Turns out they were the Migrants Jailers in Libya . How many sre the TDs planning to take with all their houses ?. What a clown.
A lot of these kids will have major physiological issues. Will they have access to the proper counselling and medical professionals?
Also will the extra income of €325 be taken into your total income when been accessed for say your medical car, FIS, etc?
Typical FF BS. Each FF TD should foster on of these kids.
Stop accepting refugees until we sort out what we have. It’s hard to deal with something when we don’t know what we are dealing with as mr varadkar and company in their continuing quest to please their master’s in EC .it’s very simple but lost on FG FF.
Yet another “cracked” idea from Fianna Fáil. As a nation, our refugee policy must be rethought. We have taken more than our fair share. The EU policy should now become, when they arrive, send them straight back.
How many are you taking Jim?
And if they get sick will you nurse them back to health because we have no health system
Will you police them because the Gardai are undermannned, underfunded
If they break the law will you lock them in your shed because the prisons are overcrowded
THis is the tyranny of no choice politics either right wing morons or looney left ones
Who can we vote for?
@Gus Sheridan: ah come on if you’re gonna range do so properly. Here lemme help. Add a snowflake, antifa, cuck or if ya wanna be well edgy gammon. Or you could make an actual point. No? K.
Stop accepting refugees until we sort out what we have. It’s hard to deal with something when we don’t know what we are dealing with as mr varadkar and company in their continuing quest to please their master’s in EC .it’s very simple but lost on FG FG
Perhaps Jim and company could lead by example and arrange for the spare rooms in the big house in the Phoenix Park to be used for those poor people? Michael D and his Missus are unlikely to object.
Neither FF nor FG do anything that doesn’t benefit some crony or well connected individual. There’s a smell of gravy off this. There’s also a smell of FG rather than FF as well. I suspect FF in this case are flying FG’s kite.
When many in the country barely survive on the wages they get, others on good wages still have to watch every cent they spend. There’s 50,000, possibly more, homeless and those excluded from having a home in the country. Yet they will take any economic migrant label them as asylum seekers and start a class guilt action on people to justify bringing them into the country. FFG’s way of going about this is secretive, imposing, slandering and gives people little or no choice. Most people haven’t a clue why this is going on in the first place. People see the deprivation the policies of austerity have caused all around them. And the government want people to see those suffering deprivation as being responsible for their own plight. They slander to do this. Yet people are expected to accept without question the imposition of economic migrants in their communities. And now they want people to accept them in their homes.
Something stinks here.
@GrahamMManning: Educate yourself about ETHOS. The EU’s standard method of determining homelessness. Remember, there’s 13 criteria used to compile the figures. FG only use 3.
This has to be the dumbest pronouncement in recent times by a politician. It shows the abject lack of knowledge of the asylum system and processes. So a person (usually male) arrives and claims asylum. Most don’t speak English. How is the Department meant to arrange for fostering with an Irish family? They don’t usually know their background, their identity or have any other significant information. And he propose we foster them with Irish families. They’ve have to agree of course. Most would not. I despair. A large number of our “asylum seekers”‘now come from two European counties: Albania and Georgia. Another significant cohort come from Nigeria and Zimbabwe. They are overwhelmingly economic migrants. Leave DP alone. Expand it. Improve decision making times and prioritise these counties
I would like to know why this year there is a 53% increase in numbers, how are they coming into the country, is it through uk border and NI. If they are not been brought here deliberately by Gov then traffickers are operating without sanction here. Stop the appeals, lawyers are making millions from it. Operate the Dublin Convention whereby seekers are required to seek asylum in first country. Its a racket costing taxpayers milions.
@John Deed: You guys need to help your MEPs out and keep an eye on the eu website for the new directives because you dont have many MEPs and if nobody objects they get implemented. the problem is inside the EP the MEPs are broken down into smaller groups working on different projects its ok for the big countries because they have enough MEPs to be involved in nearly every projects were you dont, also if you go to the eu website future and white papers you can all vote on things as well
how about the government which YOU are a part of solves the problem IT created by allowing so many asylum seekers and refugees into the country when IT knew full well there was no infrastructure in place to take them ? no cant do that can you ? the governments answer is to accept even more people despite the fact that they cant even accommodate or process the ones already here – theres an old saying that fits this situation well – “when your in a hole and cant get out – the first thing to do is to stop digging ! ” clowns !!
The majority of Irish people have no problem with genuine Asylum seekers coming into this country , and in all fairness direct provision is not that bad as opposed to camps and trailer parks which is the other alternative. Our problem is we
have a number of unanswered questions in relation to immigration and appears to be falling on deaf ears. A good number of Irish people are under the impression that the immigration assessment procedure is rigged and very much abused. Lets answer some of the basic questions here and allay the fears and anger of many an Irish citizen .?
1.Why are our police force not carrying out High Court deportation directives.?
2.Its legal to deport failed Asylum seekers from a country despite the United Nations waffle ?
3.Why spend a lot of money on Immigration Departments and legal professional,s to carry out assessments on Asylum seekers when failed Asylum seekers can stay and can also avail of housing and welfare benefits etc ?
4 Why give people from some parts of Russia Asylum who had a row with their boyfriend from Grease ? (as per media interview)
5.Why are we giving Asylum to North Africans who are now running away from Army service duty. ?
6.Why are we for years allowing this ongoing appeals system, financially geared towards the legal profession to continue as its seen quite clearly as a Cash Cow . ?
If this matter alone was addressed direct provision would not be in such a crisis.?
7.Why are we giving Asylum to people from safe countries, such as Algeria , Georgia, Malawi etc , especially after using the appeals system for years, and then after about 10 years they qualify. Very suspicious indeed ?
8. Why give Asylum which is very much fast tracked, for the new Irish Macron deal for people coming from Iran ,Iraq, etc which were on the pickup up Taxi Sea Service Ships .
This is just one of a number of questions Irish people want answered, then perhaps we may have trust in the immigration system. However at this stage its all over the place ,Why? because of political interference. Let the people do their job and stop changing the goal posts, to suit facebook, twitter, politicians or any one else for that matter with an agenda . Rules are rules and that’s it.
The other subtle unrest is that some organisations such as NGO,s etc. need to realize the fact that a small nation as ours cannot and will not supply housing for each person. NGO ,s appear to have a lot of money pushing their particular agenda ,and yes it does receive state benefits along with the
G.Soros funding. We need to realize this influx at the moment creates additional costs in other areas such as schools, health, housing, transport etc.
With the election just around the corner, politicians need to have a lot of answers at the doors during the election canvass campaigns. This time hiding behind a PC agreement between the parties will not suffice in relation to immigration and how it’s addressed and implemented in this country.
Of late I have noticed that our politicians are quite quick to criticize, ridicule people who have different opinions and have serious concerns for our country.
I resent very much various politicians who appear to “toe the line” for their parties, answer nothing, and would call some like me a person with a far right view and belongings to such a group. Let me remind you that Words have impact and I would very much see a statement like that from Politicians as an incitement to hatred against me.
If Politicians who appear of late to be in a major panic mode over this ongoing crisis and attack each other, as well as the Irish citizens,
Stop and think of the following words.
IT’s WISER TO CHOOSE WHAT YOU SAY, THAN TO SAY WHAT CHOOSE.
I think the Jim O’Callaghan foster care plan is a good idea if its only for the genuine Asylum seekers and don’t forget our own who are living in tents . On the other hand landlords in this case would not want NGO,s constantly calling to their homes.
I must admit I find it hard to compliment a member of a party who had a major role in bringing down this country financially in 2008 and we are still trying to get out of it .
acallkelly @ Macron and Co tried to get rid of the Dublin Convention in the last two weeks. We have to ask was it ever used here in this country. Our failure was we allowed people in thinking, that piece of legistlation could be used at a later date. However I heard it can only be used immediately at the ports . Our problem is that we are caught up with Brexit ,Climate Change, and our eye are off the ball in Europe . Where are our new Reps. in Europe. We need a string continguent in the EU to let them know our country never invaded or pillaged any other countries in the World . We are in signed up EU agreements that we were never told about in this country, one has to carry out research in order to find out. Since the Brexit fear,s in England in the last few years lots of failed English asylum seekers came over here, and our securuty forces are well aware how they are coming in. I fail to understand how Asylum seekers came through Dublin port without been stopped. The EU are playung the immigration crisis down as they are very much aware it,s out of hand.
Ship all the migrants, along with all the politicians, journalists and intellectuals who said it was a great idea, to an island, and let the geniuses figure it out.
Ship all the migrants, along with all the politicians, journalists and intellectuals who said it was a great idea, to an island, and let the geniuses figure it out.
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Information regarding which content is presented to you and how you interact with it can be used to determine whether the (non-advertising) content e.g. reached its intended audience and matched your interests. For instance, whether you read an article, watch a video, listen to a podcast or look at a product description, how long you spent on this service and the web pages you visit etc. This is very helpful to understand the relevance of (non-advertising) content that is shown to you.
Understand audiences through statistics or combinations of data from different sources 111 partners can use this purpose
Reports can be generated based on the combination of data sets (like user profiles, statistics, market research, analytics data) regarding your interactions and those of other users with advertising or (non-advertising) content to identify common characteristics (for instance, to determine which target audiences are more receptive to an ad campaign or to certain contents).
Develop and improve services 116 partners can use this purpose
Information about your activity on this service, such as your interaction with ads or content, can be very helpful to improve products and services and to build new products and services based on user interactions, the type of audience, etc. This specific purpose does not include the development or improvement of user profiles and identifiers.
Use limited data to select content 51 partners can use this purpose
Content presented to you on this service can be based on limited data, such as the website or app you are using, your non-precise location, your device type, or which content you are (or have been) interacting with (for example, to limit the number of times a video or an article is presented to you).
Use precise geolocation data 65 partners can use this special feature
With your acceptance, your precise location (within a radius of less than 500 metres) may be used in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Actively scan device characteristics for identification 36 partners can use this special feature
With your acceptance, certain characteristics specific to your device might be requested and used to distinguish it from other devices (such as the installed fonts or plugins, the resolution of your screen) in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Ensure security, prevent and detect fraud, and fix errors 122 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
Your data can be used to monitor for and prevent unusual and possibly fraudulent activity (for example, regarding advertising, ad clicks by bots), and ensure systems and processes work properly and securely. It can also be used to correct any problems you, the publisher or the advertiser may encounter in the delivery of content and ads and in your interaction with them.
Deliver and present advertising and content 126 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
Certain information (like an IP address or device capabilities) is used to ensure the technical compatibility of the content or advertising, and to facilitate the transmission of the content or ad to your device.
Match and combine data from other data sources 94 partners can use this feature
Always Active
Information about your activity on this service may be matched and combined with other information relating to you and originating from various sources (for instance your activity on a separate online service, your use of a loyalty card in-store, or your answers to a survey), in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Link different devices 67 partners can use this feature
Always Active
In support of the purposes explained in this notice, your device might be considered as likely linked to other devices that belong to you or your household (for instance because you are logged in to the same service on both your phone and your computer, or because you may use the same Internet connection on both devices).
Identify devices based on information transmitted automatically 116 partners can use this feature
Always Active
Your device might be distinguished from other devices based on information it automatically sends when accessing the Internet (for instance, the IP address of your Internet connection or the type of browser you are using) in support of the purposes exposed in this notice.
Save and communicate privacy choices 103 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
The choices you make regarding the purposes and entities listed in this notice are saved and made available to those entities in the form of digital signals (such as a string of characters). This is necessary in order to enable both this service and those entities to respect such choices.
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