asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if, in view of the recent Order regarding 90 per cent. extraction flour for bread and 100 per cent. extraction wheatmeal, he will consider the question of reducing the price of bread, flour and wheatmeal.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Price of Breadstuffs.
It is not proposed to reduce the prices of bread, flour and wheatmeal, which can only be maintained at their present levels by the payment of subsidies amounting to about £2,400,000 per year on a 90 per cent. extraction basis.