asked the Minister for Agriculture whether he will state what are the prices which will be payable for fowl and turkeys in 1953.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Fowl and Turkey Prices.
asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will state the price producers may expect for poultry during the coming season.
Mr. Walsh
I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, totake Questions Nos. 149 and 155 together.
I intend to make an announcement regarding fowl prices within the next few days. As regards turkey prices, I would refer Deputy Dillon to the reply which I gave him on the 13th March, 1952, in which I indicated that the producer's price for turkeys in any Christmas season depends on the price expected to be realised on the British markets that season and that I was not in a position so early in the year to appraise what the price situation would be in the next ensuing season.