asked the Taoiseach the average retail prices at (a) mid-February, 1957, and (b) the latest date for which information is available of (i) bread (two lb. loaf), (ii) Irish creamery and farmers' butters, (iii) tea, (iv) sugar, (v) coal, and (vi) household flour.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Commodity Retail Prices.
1.
With your permission, Sir, I propose to circulate in the Official Report a statement giving the national average retail prices of the commodities specified at mid-February, 1957, and mid-February, 1963, the latest available date.
Following is the statement:—
NATIONAL average retail prices of certain commodities at mid-February, 1957 and mid-February, 1963.
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Commodity |
Unit |
Average price to nearest ¼d. |
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Mid-February 1957 |
Mid-February 1963 |
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s. |
d. |
s. |
d. |
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Bread |
2 lb. loaf |
9 |
1 |
4 |
|
|
Butter—Irish creamery |
lb. |
3 |
8¾ |
4 |
6½ |
|
— ,, farmers' |
,, |
3 |
4¾ |
3 |
10¾ |
|
Tea—best |
,, |
8 |
3 |
7 |
5¾ |
|
—as used by wage-earning classes |
,, |
7 |
1¼ |
6 |
2¼ |
|
Sugar |
,, |
7 |
8¼ |
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Flour—household |
3½ lbs. |
1 |
0¾* |
2 |
1 |
|
Coal |
cwt. |
11 |
2¼ |
10 |
7 |
*One fourth of the price of a stone of flour.