asked the Minister for Agriculture if he is now in a position to announce the guaranteed prices for homegrown wheat and feeding barley of the 1958 crop.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Price of Wheat and Barley.
asked the Minister for Agriculture if he is yet in a position to announce the price for next year's wheat crop.
With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle I propose to answer Questions Nos. 39 and 40 together. As the matter is still under consideration I am not yet in a position to make a statement in regard to prices of wheat or feeding barley of the 1958 crop.
Is the Minister aware that very early last year he assured me that the prices for the 1958 wheat crop would be published early in the autumn so that we could do autumn sowing in the knowledge of them? This does not look a bit like it.
I think as a general practice it would be good.
It is nearly Christmas now.
Does the Minister recall that for several years it was his practice to dwell at length on the delinquency of the inter-Party Minister for Agriculture for his failure to announce the prices of wheat and barley in the month of October?
I hope I did.
Say no more.
I cannot remember but I hope I did.
Brood on that.