asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state whether the changes in the system of price control which the Government have under consideration will involve introducing proposals for legislation; and, if so, when proposals are likely to be submitted to the Dáil.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Price Control.
As indicated by the Taoiseach in reply to Question No. 1, Government policy on price control will be indicated on the Second Stage of the Supply and Services Bill.
Am I to understand from the reply and the nature of the title of the revised Bill that the establishment of an advisory committee is the sole change contemplated?
It is the sole legislative change.
asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the commodities which were subject to price control on the 1st January, 1949, and which have been released from control since that date.
The following are the commodities which were subject to price control on 1st January, 1949, and which have been released from control since that date: Bacon; Beef Sausages; Biscuits; Black and White Puddings; Bicarbonate of Soda; Canned Fish; Coffee and Coffee Preparations; Copper Sulphate; Cornflour; Cube Sugar; Dried Figs; Enamelled Hollow Ware; Footwear; Grapefruit; Honey; Maize Meal; Meat Meals and Meat and Bone Meals; Oranges; Onions; Peas, dried and canned; Pork Sausages; Rice; Sausage Meat; Soaps, Soap Powders, Soap Flakes, Soap Chips; Sole Leather; Sultanas and Currants; Tallows and Greases; Timber—Home Grown — standing and in the log; Whiskey, Gin, Brandy.