asked the Taoiseach if he will state the value of machinery, other than domestic appliances and office machinery, imported in the years 1938 to 1949, and furnish a rough indication of the volume of such imports in the years 1947 to 1949, giving the value in the latter years in terms of 1938 prices.
Written Answers. - Machinery Imports.
The information requested can be derived from the December issues of trade statistics for the years 1938, 1944, 1946, 1948 and 1949, and from the special supplement, published in 1945, giving the figures for the years 1939, 1940, 1941 and 1942. These publications are available in the Oireachtas Library.