asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state when it is proposed to restore tea, sugar and butter licences to persons whose licences to deal in these commodities were forfeited following convictions in respect of offences under the Emergency Powers Act.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Tea, Sugar and Butter Licences.
As licences were revoked only in the cases of traders who were convicted of serious breaches of the rationing and price-control regulations, which established their unfitness to be entrusted with the distribution of commodities in short supply, it is not proposed to restore licences to any such trader while it is necessary to maintain rationing.