asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the commodities which were subject to price control on the 19th February, 1948, and which have been released from control since that date.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Price Control Commodities.
Major de Valera
I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to have the reply circulated with the Official Report.
The following are the commodities which were subject to price control on the 19th February, 1948, and which have been released from control since that date:
Agricultural Machinery (Second-hand).
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.
Fertilisers.
Footwear.
Grapefruit.
Honey.
Maize Meal.
Meat Meals and Meat and Bone Meals.
Oatmeal.
Oranges.
Onions.
Peas, dried and canned.
Pork Sausages.
Potatoes.
Rice.
Sausage Meat.
Semolina.
Soaps, Soap Powders, Soap Flakes, Soap Chips.
Sole Leather.
Sultanas and Currants.
Tallows and Greases.
Timber—Home-grown—standing, and in the log.
Turf.
Waste Paper.
Whisky, Gin, Brandy, Port and Sherry, Lager Beer.
Major de Valera
Is it correct to say that the decontrols in question were effected by ministerial Order?
Decontrols effected by ministerial Order?
Major de Valera
Yes. Any commodities to which the question refers and which were released from control.
Decontrol is effected by Order.
Major de Valera
Can the Minister at any time recontrol any of those commodities by order if he wishes?
It may depend on when they were decontrolled.