asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will state (1) the total number of co-operative dairying societies to which his proposals for a reduction in the price of milk have been submitted; (2) the number which have approved of them; (3) the number which have rejected them, and (4) the number which have not yet given their decision.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Price of Milk.
The proposals regarding the price of milk and butter during the next five years were circulated to 193 co-operative creamery societies. Three have intimated their concurrence; 95 have stated that the proposals are not acceptable to them; and replies have not yet been received from the remaining 95 societies.