asked the Taoiseach if he will state the quantity and value of cheese imported in 1958.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cheese Imports.
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The quantity of cheese imported in the year 1958 was 1,698 cwt. valued at £30,695.
Is it not high time that the home market was reserved for Irish-made cheese? Is it not also high time to ensure that when Irish cheese is exported it will be sold at a reasonable price?
That surely is a separate matter.
I would refer the Parliamentary Secretary to a letter in The Kerryman last week——
That surely is a separate matter.
——in which it was stated that cheese is being sold in America at 15/6 a lb.
That is a separate matter.
That matter is not the concern of the Statistics Branch.