The motion is:—
DE BHRÍ go bhfuiltear ag gearán go bhfuil fiacha na n-earraí a luaidhtear sa Tuairisc Oifigiúil ar Chostas Beatha agus fiacha beorach, portair, leanna dhuibh, biotáille agus deochanna eile go miréasunta in áiteanna agus i gceantair áirithe. |
WHEREAS it is complained that in certain places and districts the prices of the commodities specified in the Official Report on the Cost of Living, and of beer, porter, stout, spirits and other beverages, are unreasonable. |
AGUS DE BHRÍ gur maith an ní na gearánta san do scrúdú. |
AND WHEREAS it is desirable that such complaints should be investigated: |
ANOIS ar an abhar san molann agus beartuíonn an Dáil seo go gceapfaidh an t-Aire um Shaothar agus Thráchtáil Coimisiún a aithneofar mar an Coimisiún ar Fhiacha agus go bhféadfa sé Coiste den Choimisiún ar Fhiacha roimh-ráite do cheapa in aon áit no cheantar chun fiosrú do dhéanamh agus tuairisc do thabhairt ar fhiacha costaisí no sochar na n-earraí roimh-ráite i ngach staid dá ndéanamh dá scaipe no dá ndíol no in aon staid díobh agus, in aon chás 'na bhfuil fiacha costaisí no sochar mí-réa- súnta i dtuairim an Choimisiúin no i dtuairim aon Choiste dhe pé molta is oiriúnach leis an gCoimisiún no leis an gCoiste do dhéanamh. |
NOW therefore this Dáil doth approve and determine that the Minister for Industry and Commerce shall appoint a Commission to be known as the Commission on Prices and may appoint in any place or district a Committee of the said Commission on Prices to inquire into and report on prices costs or profits at all or any of the stages in the production distribution or sale of the commodities aforesaid and in any case in which prices costs or profits are in the opinion of the Commission or of any Committee thereof unreasonable to make such recommendations as the Commission or Committee may think fit. |
AGUS orduíonn an Dáil seo d'aon duine ag a bhfuil eolas ar abhar aon fhiosruithe dá shórt go ndéanfa sé, má iarann Coimisiún ar Fhiacha no Coiste dhe air é, pé eolas i dtaobh an abhair sin is dóich leis an gCoimisiún no leis an gCoiste baint do bheith aige leis an abhar do thabhairt don Choimisiún no don Choiste. |
AND this Dáil doth order that any person having knowledge of the subject matter of any such inquiry shall if so required by a Commission on Prices or by a Committee thereof furnish to the Com- mission or Committee such particulars relating thereto as the Commission or Committee thinks revelant. |
IS don Choimisiún a tabharfar tuairisc aon Choiste den Choimisiún ar Fhiacha agus is don Aire um Shaothar agus Thráchtáil a tabharfar aon tuairisc no tuariscí den Choimisiún do réir mar bheidh agus cuirfe sé sin os cóir na Dála so iad chó luath agus is féidir leis san do dhéanamh. |
THE report of any Committee of the Commission on Prices shall be made to the Commission and the report or reports as the case may be of the Commission shall be made to the Minister for Industry and Commerce who shall as soon as may be lay the same before this Dáil. |
It will be remembered that last week not this resolution, but another similar one, was discussed fairly and fully, and there was no decision arrived at. It may be just as well to state that since then the particular parties concerned, I think, have been satisfied with the actual wording of this resolution. It is framed in such a way that if the Dáil decides, it can get to work immediately. It is not defined how the Committee should be constituted, but, of course, if any Member has a suggestion as to how it should be constituted I would be glad to meet him and to discuss the situation with him. There is no doubt about it that there is a very exaggerated view abroad of the profiteering that is going on. It is, to my mind, going on to a very large extent, but not exactly as was pointed out in the Dáil by some of the Deputies. This, at any rate, will give us the opportunity of finding out exactly what profiteering is going on and where it is going on. This will be confined to the commodities as specified in the Official Report of the Cost of Living. It may be argued, of course, that it should go outside particular commodities, but I think it is just as well, at least for the present, that we should confine it to such commodities as really make up the everyday foodstuffs that are used by the ordinary population.