asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state in respect of what items of building materials he has approved price increases in the last year, and the percentage price increases in each case.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Price of Building Materials.
34.
As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to circulate it in the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
CASES in which the Minister for Industry and Commerce indicated, during the year to 31st Oct., 1966, that he would not object to price increases on building materials (percentage increases are shown where available.)
|
Firm |
Commodity |
Rate of Increase |
|
|
Irish Metal Industrial Ltd. |
Copper Tubes |
Proportionate to cost increases from time to time on imported raw materials. |
|
|
Sanbra Fyffe Ltd. |
Compression Couplings and plumbers Brassware |
do. |
|
|
R. Pulvertaft & Sons Ltd. |
Brass Compression Couplings. |
do. |
|
|
Kingdom Tubes Ltd. |
Copper Tubes. |
do. |
|
|
Coppercraft Metal Works Ltd. |
Copper Cylinders and Boilers. |
do. |
|
|
Ward & Goldstone Ltd. |
Electric Cables and Flexes |
do. |
|
|
Irish Coppersmiths Ltd. |
Copper Cylinders. |
do. |
|
|
Kenneth Lee Ltd. |
Drainage and Sewer Canes. |
2d. cane |
|
|
Irish Wire Products Ltd. |
Brass Screws |
30% |
|
|
Irish Steel Holdings Ltd. |
Twisting of Steel Bars (rounds and squares). |
New scale of charges |
|
|
Size |
New Scale |
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|
?” |
80/- ton |
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7/16” |
80/- ton |
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|
½” |
60/- ton |
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|
Sizes exceeding |
|||
|
½” |
40/- ton |
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|
R. Merrick & Sons Ltd. |
Cast Iron Foundry Products. |
7½% |
|
|
Hammond Land Ironfounders Ltd. |
Ironfoundry Products. |
7½% |
|
|
Morgan McMahon & Co. Ltd. |
Timber. |
1/- cu. ft. |
|
|
Cascade Sawmills Freshford. |
Rough-sawn timber |
? cu. ft. |
|
|
Joshua Elliott & Sons Ltd. |
Timber. |
10% |
|
|
Roadstone Ltd. |
Road making materials, etc. |
2% to 5½% |
|
|
John A. Wood, Ltd. |
Sand, ready mix concrete, Mortar, etc. |
3% to 8% |
|
|
Cement, Ltd. |
Cement. |
8/- ton |
|
|
Irish Whiting Manufacturers Ltd. |
White chippings, white sand and whiting. |
7/6 ton |
|
|
Clondalkin Concrete Ltd. |
Concrete Products. |
3% |
|
|
Concrete Products of Ireland Ltd. |
Concrete Products. |
increase to offset increased price of cement. |
|
|
Moracrete Ltd. |
Concrete Products. |
4% |
|
|
Carrigaline Pottery Co. Ltd. |
Tiles. |
7½% |
|
|
Brook Pottery Co. Ltd. |
Drain Pipes and Flue Liners. |
10% |
|
|
Southern Chemicals Ltd. |
Hydrated Lime. |
16/- ton |
|
|
Tonge & Taggart Ltd. |
Ironfoundry Products. |
7½% |
|
|
Weatherwell Ltd. |
Concrete Pipes. |
2.5% |
|
|
Tiles. |
2.2% |
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|
Delivery Charges. |
10% |