asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he has considered the position, from the point of view of tea and sugar quotas, of small shop-keepers without quotas in country districts where people are five and six miles from a town, and of persons who bought premises where there was no quota when the shop was purchased; and if he will state whether he is prepared to grant quotas in these cases.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Tea and Sugar Quotas.
I would refer the Deputy to the reply I gave in Dáil Éireann on the 24th November last to questions on this subject. Although the position has since been reviewed, I regret that I am still unable to authorise the provision of quotas of tea and sugar in such cases.
Are we to take it that the supplies in the country are no better than they were during the war?
The supplies are somewhat better, as the Deputy probably is aware. The tea ration and sugar ration is now higher than it was, but it is still not possible to de-ration these commodities.