asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce whether in view of the difference between the cost of bakers' flour in Great Britain and in the Irish Free State he will state how this difference, in terms of shillings per sack, may be attributed to the higher cost per sack, due to (1) admixture of Irish grown wheat, (2) import duty on overseas wheat, (3) higher port charges and loading costs in Irish ports, and (4) to the higher wages paid to Irish mill workers compared to mill workers in Britain.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cost of Bakers' Flour.
It is not possible within the compass of a reply to a Parliamentary Question to furnish detailed information on the points to which the Deputy refers, with an adequate explanation of the various factors which should be borne in mind in the consideration of this subject; but I would refer him to the Report of the Prices Commission on their investigation into the prices charged for wheaten flour by persons manufacturing such commodity in Saorstát Eireann.
Arising out of the Minister's reply, I should like to know is that the report which stated that the millers in a particular quarter had made £30,000 profits more than the reasonable profits they ought to expect to make.
That is a separate question.
But is it the same report?
It may be, but that is a separate question.