asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce (a) the items that have increased in price since the 6th April, 1965, (b) the price of such items at 6th April, 1965, and (c) the price at the present time.
Ceisteanna — Questions. Oral Answers. - Price Increases.
64.
I have not the information in the form in which the Deputy seeks it. Since October, 1965, I have been notified of many cases in which manufacturers proposed to increase their prices and I have published from time to time, since March, 1967, lists of the cases in which I have indicated that I would not object to an increase. I am not in a position to say in how many of these cases the increase was imposed and is being maintained.
65.
asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will give a list of items that have increased in price since the 1st May, 1968; and the increases in each case.
I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to circulate in the Official Report a statement showing, in respect of the period 1st May to 31st October, 1968, increases in prices and charges of which I have been notified under the Prices Acts and to which I have raised no objection. It does not follow that all these increases were put into operation.
STATEMENT showing increases in prices and charges of which the Minister for Industry and Commerce has been notified and to which he raised no objection in the period 1st May to 31st October, 1968.
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Firm |
Commodity |
Rate of Increase |
|
Asbestos Cement Pipes Ltd., Dublin |
Asbestos cement pipes and joints. |
13%. |
|
The Furniture Manufacturers' Association |
Hard Furniture |
7½%. |
|
Soft Furniture |
5%. |
|
|
Boileau & Boyd Ltd., Dublin |
“Ronnel” Sheep Dip |
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|
1 gallon pack |
7/6d. |
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½ ,, ,, |
4/-. |
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1 pint ,, |
1/6d. |
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“Super sec” Insecticide |
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1 gallon pack |
5/-. |
|
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1 pint |
1/6d. |
|
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The Irish Thread Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Dublin |
Linen Thread |
10%. |
|
Irish Publishing Co. Ltd., Dublin |
Building & Contracts |
Advertising Rates: |
|
Journal |
Full page — £4 10s. |
|
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Tenders invited — |
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7/6 S.C.I. |
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Provincial Newspapers Association of Ireland. |
Advertising Rates |
7½%. |
|
British Paints (Ireland) Ltd., Arklow. |
Paint |
5%. |
|
Fullers' (Ireland) Ltd., Dublin |
Boxed Sweets and Chocolates (10 lines) |
From 3d. to 1/6d. line (retail). |
|
Other Sugar Confectionery (10 lines) |
2d. quarter lb. (retail). |
|
|
Flour Confectionery (18 lines) |
From 1d. to 1/- line (retail). |
|
|
Trimproof Fabrics Ltd., Trim |
Trimcell and Trimtex PVC coated fabrics |
3¾% (average). |
|
Procea Ltd., Dublin |
Starch |
£5 ton. |
|
Battery Flour |
£3 ton. |
|
|
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Ltd., Dublin |
Minerals |
1/6d. case of 24 bottles. |
|
Chipboard Ltd., Scariff |
Aicherboard |
1/9d. 100 sq. ft. |
|
Aicherplast |
10/- ,, ,, ,, |
|
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Aichertone |
15/- ,, ,, ,, |
|
|
Phillips Scott & Turner (Ireland) Ltd., Dublin. |
Pharmaceutical products |
Various, to recover increases in import costs (additional to April, 1968, increase). |
|
Irish Ropes Ltd., Droichead Nua |
Twines |
3d. lb. |
|
Lines Bros. (Dublin) Ltd. |
Prams, Baby-carriages, Suncars, etc. |
4.46% average (ex-works). |
|
Wallpapers Ltd., Kildare |
Wallpaper |
7½%. |
|
Hughes Bros. Ltd., Dublin |
Ice Cream |
|
|
1 Pint Brick |
2d. each. |
|
|
½ ,, ,, |
1d. each. |
|
|
Choc Ices |
9d. doz. |
|
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Premier Dairies Ltd., Dublin |
1 Pint Brick |
2d. each. |
|
½ ,, ,, |
1d. each. |
|
|
Choc Ices |
9d. doz. |
|
|
Chilly Willies |
9d. ,, |
|
|
Fry-Cadbury (Ireland) Ltd., Dublin |
Covering Chocolates |
Prices may be varied in accordance with increases in the cost of certain raw materials. |
|
Unidare Ltd., Dublin |
Laminated aluminium foil |
1d. to 4d. lb. according to metal content. |
|
Unlaminated aluminium foil |
4½d. lb. |
|
|
Aluminium circles and slugs |
4½d. lb. |
|
|
O.A. Miller (Ireland) Ltd., |
Wooden Lasts |
|
|
Belturbet. |
Men's |
2/3d. per pair |
|
Ladies' |
2/11d. ,, ,, |
|
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Maids' and Youths' |
2/- ,,,, |
|
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Boys' and Girls' |
1/10d. ,, ,, |
|
|
Irish Steel Holdings Ltd. |
Flat bars and sections (6 lines) |
Ranging from £2 to £4 5s. ton. |
|
Pharmaceutical and Allied Industries' Association Ltd. |
Toiletries and Cosmetics |
3% (overall). |
|
Cork Milk Producers' Co-Operative Society Ltd., |
Bottled Pasteurised Milk |
½d. pint for month of June, 1968. |
|
Ballinahina Dairies Ltd., Cork. |
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Duckham's Oils (Ireland) Ltd., Dublin. |
Lubricating Oils (Two brands) |
8d. gal. or 1d. pint. |
|
Irish Industrial Explosives Ltd., Dublin |
Explosives (8 lines) |
From £5 to £12 ton. |
|
Richardson-Tee-Rycroft & Co. (Dublin) Ltd. |
Underwear, etc. |
4% overall. |
|
William Edge & Sons (Ireland) Ltd. |
Disinfectants, etc. |
4% overall. |
|
Swastika Laundry Ltd., Dublin |
Laundry Charges |
15% overall. |
|
John A. Wood Ltd., Cork |
Concrete Products (except Ready-Mix Concrete) |
5%. |
|
Sissons Bros. & Keirans Ltd., Dublin. |
Paints, Distempers Varnishes, etc. |
5%. |
|
Donald MacPherson & Co. (Ireland) Ltd., Sutton. |
Paints and Enamels |
5% (ex-factory). |
|
Electrical Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Dublin |
Electrical Accessories |
5%. |
|
Newbridge Cutlery Ltd. |
Cutlery |
5%. |
|
“Homade” Confections Ltd., Dublin |
“Homade” Confectionery products (on sale on the home market) |
12½%. |
|
Nusight Ltd. |
Advertising rate |
10/- single column inch. |
|
International Saws Ltd., Dublin. |
Wide Bandsaws |
12½%. |
|
Narrow ,, |
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Circular Saws |
5% |
|
|
Repairs |
10% |
|
|
Gaeltarra Éireann |
Cut and sewn knitted outerwear (sweaters and cardigans) |
Ranging from 1/3d. to 4/ per article. |
|
Lawlor Ltd., Dublin |
Candles, etc. |
10% overall. |
|
Dairy Lee Ltd., (Hales Cakes) Dublin. |
Flour Confectionery |
1d. to 3d. (Retail). |
|
Colgate-Palmolive Ireland Ltd. |
Soap, Detergents, Tooth-paste, etc. |
5% |
|
North Cork Co-Operative Creameries Ltd., Kanturk. |
Artificial Horn |
|
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(Casein Plastic) |
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Plain Sheets |
11% |
|
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Silk Sheets |
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Plain Blanks |
22% |
|
|
Silk Blanks |
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Clarnico-Murray Ltd., Dublin |
16 lines |
Increases ranging from 1d. qtr. lb. to 6d. lb. (Retail). |
|
Fruit Pastilles |
1d. (Retail). |
|
|
Weight ReductionTingles |
1 piece. |
|
|
Beer Canners' Advisory Association. |
Canned Beef products |
6d. lb. |
|
Lentheric Ltd., Dublin |
Perfumes, Cosmetics, etc. |
12½% |
|
Celtic Laundry Ltd., Wexford |
Laundry and Dry Cleaning Charges |
10% overall. |
|
Irish Bacon Curers' Society Ltd. |
Bacon (including cooked ham or gammon) |
4/- cwt. |
|
Belturbet Manufacturing Co. Ltd. |
Shoe Manufacturing Accessories |
2% |
|
The Murra Organisation Ltd., Dublin |
“Guerlain” Perfumes, etc. |
20% |
|
Procea Ltd. |
Wet Gluten |
1d. lb. |
|
Dry Gluten |
2d. lb. |
|
|
Irel Company Ltd. |
Irel Coffee Essence and Pack Coffee |
5% to 9% |
|
Comhlucht Siúicre Éireann Teo. |
Sugar |
£8 ton ex-factory and not more than 1d. lb. retail. |
|
James Daly & Sons Ltd., Cork |
Castor Sugar |
8/- cwt. |
|
Icing sugar |
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The Manchester Chemical Co. (Ireland) Ltd. |
Icing Sugar, Marzipans etc. |
4/- to 8/- cwt. |
|
G. & J. F. Bourke Ltd., Limerick |
Castor SugarIcing Sugar |
8/- cwt. |
|
Johnston, Mooney & O'Brien Ltd. |
Flour Confectionery |
½d. to 1/6 item (retail). |
|
Batchelors Ltd. |
Packed and tinned food-stuffs, mixer drinks |
8.7% (overall). |
|
Roadstone Ltd. |
Sand and Gravel |
9d. ton. |
|
Cork Milk Producers Co-Op. Society Ltd. |
Bottled pasteurised milk |
Maximum retail price of 8d. pint up to 31st May, |
|
Ballinahina Dairies Ltd. Cork |
1969. |
|
|
Williams & Woods Ltd. |
Jams and marmalades |
1/8d. doz. 1 lbs. |
|
Sweets (4 lines) |
Mostly 3d. lb. |
|
|
Miscellaneous canned and bottled foodstuffs |
Various from 10d. to 8/- case. |
|
|
Preston & Hadfields Ltd., Dublin |
Paints, varnishes, etc. |
2.3% to 4.6% |
|
Thomas Parsons & Sons Ltd., Sutton |
Paints, enamels, etc. |
5% |
|
Frank O'Neill Ltd., Dublin |
Springs and miscellaneous car accessories and upholstery |
7½% |
|
The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (on behalf of 14 assemblers) |
Motor Vehicles |
1.1% on wholesale prices |
|
B.L.N. Ltd. |
Motor Vehicles |
1.1% on wholesale prices |
|
Phoenix Laundry Ltd., Dublin |
Laundry Charges |
10% overall |
|
Smith and Nephew — Southalls (Ireland) Ltd. |
Sundry Hospital Supplies |
8% average |
|
The Munster Express, Waterford |
Government Advertising |
5/- single column inch |
|
Brown & Polson (Ireland) Ltd. |
Cornflour |
Mainly 1d. and 2d. pkt. (retail) |
|
“Kellogg” products |
1d. and 2d. pkt. (retail) on certain lines |
|
|
Chivers & Sons (Ireland) Ltd. |
Jams and marmalades |
2/- doz. 1 lbs. |
|
Table jellies |
2d. doz. packs. |
|
|
Ogilive and Moore Ltd., Cork |
Jams and marmalades |
2/- doz. 1 lbs. |
|
Sweets |
3d. lb. |
|
|
Lamb Bros (Dublin) Ltd. |
Jams and marmalades |
2/- doz. 1 lbs. |
|
R. & W. Scott (Ireland) Ltd. |
Jams and marmalades (3 lines) |
2/- doz. 1 lbs. |
|
Metropolitan Laundry, Dublin |
Laundry Charges |
12½% overall |
|
Procter & Gamble Ireland Ltd. |
Detergents |
5% overall |
|
Henry O'Shea & Sons Ltd., Cork |
Flour Confectionery |
½d. to 3/- item (retail) |
|
I.V.I. Foundry Ltd., Athy |
All products and jobbing works |
4% |
|
Southern Chemicals Ltd., Askeaton |
Aeroboard |
5% |
|
W. Foley Ltd., Cork |
Hard Furniture |
10% (inclusive of 7½% for the Industry shown earlier). |
|
White Heather Laundry, Dublin |
Laundry charges |
12½% overall |
|
Goodalls of Ireland Ltd. |
Sauces, Flavourings etc. |
12½% overall |
|
8 lines |
From 4d. to 2/6d. |
|
|
2 lines |
From 8d. to 1/- (mainly per doz.). |
|
|
Bush (Ireland) Ltd. |
Transistor Radios |
|
|
3 lines |
10/6d. and 10/7d. |
|
|
Pharmaceutical and Allied Industries Association Ltd. |
Toiletries and Cosmetics |
5% (including the 3% increase as shown earlier). |
|
Dorothy Gray Ltd. |
Cosmetics |
7.9% overall (inclusive of the 5% to the Pharmaceutical and Allied Industries Association Ltd. shown above). |
|
Gerards Cakes Ltd., Dublin |
Flour Confectionery |
1d. to 4d. item (May, 1968). |
|
Irish Biscuits Ltd. |
Biscuits (53 lines) |
From 3½% to 33?% |
|
(Generally 2d. lb.). |
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|
M. Laundries Ltd., Cork |
Laundry charges |
10% overall |
|
Musgrave Bros. (Sweets) Ltd. |
Sweets |
|
|
7 lines |
From 2d. to 6d. lb. |
|
|
1 line |
9d. box |
|
|
Quality Blinds |
Roller Blinds |
|
|
With Roller |
20% |
|
|
Without Roller |
12½% |
|
|
Munster Chipboard Ltd. |
Truboard |
1/9d. 100 sq. ft. |
|
Irish Aluminium Co. Ltd. |
Cast Aluminium Signposts. |
7½% |
|
Irish Whiting Manufacturers Ltd. |
Whiting |
5/- ton |
|
White Aggregate |
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|
James Kelly & Co. (Kilcock) Ltd. |
Flour Confectionery |
1d. to 2/- item (retail) |
|
James Rourke Ltd., Dublin |
do. |
2d. to 2/- item (retail) |
|
Terenure Laundry Co. Ltd., Dublin |
Laundry charges |
10% overall |
|
R. & A. Johnson Ltd. |
“4711” cosmetic products |
Various, to recover costs arising out of the devaluation of sterling. |
|
White Star Laundry (Carlow) Ltd. |
Laundry and Dry Cleaning charges |
10% overall |
|
Arnott & Co. Dublin Ltd. |
Cup of tea and coffee |
1d. (retail) |
|
Lawson Supply Co. Ltd. |
Service charges for adding and calculating machines |
15% |
|
Patrick Palmer, Clondalkin |
Sand |
1/9d. ton |
|
Arklow Pottery Ltd. |
Earthenware |
5% |
|
Cloth Manufacturers Ltd., Cootehill |
Cloth |
5% |
|
Waterford Iron Founders Ltd. |
Cookers, Fireplaces, Ranges |
10% |
|
Kelso Laundry Ltd., Dublin |
Laundry Charges |
10% overall. |
|
Russell Bros. Ltd., Portarlington |
Timber Products |
6% |
|
William McKinney & Sons Ltd. |
Sweets |
|
|
18 lines |
1d. qtr. (retail) |
|
|
3 pre packs (incl. weight increase) |
3d. pack (retail) |
|
|
Liam Devlin & Sons Ltd. |
Sweets |
|
|
4 lines |
1d. qtr. (retail) |
|
|
Weight Reduction |
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|
4 lines |
10% approx. |
|
|
J. & L.F. Goodbody Ltd. |
Carpet and other YarnsMiscellaneous cloths and bags |
1d. lb.1½d. lb. |
|
Cleeves Confectionery (Limerick) Ltd. |
Unwrapped boilings |
3¾d. lb. |
|
Large slab toffee. |
2/9d. boxwholesale |
|
|
Jeyes (Ireland) Ltd. |
Parozone |
1/6d. case |
|
Dublin Coal Importers Association |
Welsh Foundry Coke |
£1 6s. Od. ton |
|
Phurnacite |
19s. Od. ton |
|
|
Dutch Anthracite |
19s. Od. ton |
|
|
Polish Coal |
18s. 9d. ton. |
|
|
Waterford Coal Merchants Association. |
Polish Coal |
£1 ton |
|
J.J. Stafford & Sons (Wexford) Ltd. |
Polish Coal |
£1 ton |
|
Sligo Coal Importers Association |
Polish Coal |
19/- ton |
|
Dundalk Coal Importers Association. |
Polish Coal |
£1 ton |
|
Drogheda & District Coal Merchants Association. |
Polish Coal |
£1 ton |
|
R. & A. Johnson Ltd. |
“Royal” Baking Powder |
1d. and 2d. each packet (retail). |
|
Pie Filling |
1d. each |
|
|
Connacht Laundry Ltd., Galway |
Laundry Charges |
7½% overall |
|
Court Laundry Ltd., Dublin |
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|
Irish Tatler & Sketch |
Advertising Rates |
£36 per page |
|
R. & W. Scott (Ireland) Ltd. |
Canned and Bottled Goods: |
|
|
Beans in tomato sauce |
9/% |
|
|
Processed peas, |
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|
Carrots (whole and sliced) and Beetroot |
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|
Irish Farmers Journal Ltd. |
Advertising Rates |
|
|
Full Page |
£35 |
|
|
Half Page |
£15 |
|
|
W. & E.W. Haughton Ltd., Bray |
Cylindrical Boxes etc. |
4% |
|
Leethems (Ireland) Ltd., Dublin |
Foundation Garments |
10% overall |
|
Rowntree-Mackintosh (Ireland) Ltd. |
Sweets and Chocolates |
|
|
9 lines |
1s. 1d. outer |
|
|
7 lines |
From 8½d. to 2s. 1½d. outer. |
|
|
Alfred Bird & Sons (Ireland) Ltd. |
Table Jellies |
3/- gross |
|
Seven-Up Bottling Co., Tipperary |
“Seven-Up” (6½oz. and 26 oz. bottles). |
9d. doz. |
|
The Irish Hotelier and Caterer |
Advertising Rates |
£5 page |
|
Irish Jam Manufacturers' Association |
Cut Peel |
2d. lb. |
|
Mincemeat |
1d. lb. |
|
|
Processed Cherries |
1d. lb. |
|
|
Albright & Wilson (Ireland) Ltd. |
Food Phosphates |
Price increases to recover additional annual costs. |
|
Hibernia National Review Ltd. |
Advertising Rates |
Standardising of rates at 40/- single column inch. |
|
Irish Pioneer Works Ltd., Cork |
Galvanised Products |
10% |
|
Cork Gas Consumers' Co. Ltd. |
Gas |
10% |
|
Southern Area Coal Importers |
Polish Coal |
11/- ton |
|
Galway Coal Importers |
Polish Coal |
£1 ton |
|
Shannon Coal Importers, Limerick |
Polish Coal |
11/- ton |
|
Electricity Supply Board |
Electricity Charges |
Amounts calculated to produce an increase of 7% on Revenue. |
|
Fry-Cadbury (Ireland) Ltd. |
Chocolate Drinks |
From 1d. to 8d. each |
|
Chocolate Blocks |
1d. and 1½d. each |
|
|
Cream Tablets |
Mainly 1d. each |
|
|
Assortments (in boxes, bags and cartons). |
From 1d. to 1/6d. each |
|
|
Biscuits |
From ½d. to 3d. each |
|
|
“99” Flake |
8d. outer |
|
|
Weight Reductions |
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|
3 lines |
3 drams |
|
|
Brook Pottery Co. Ltd., Arklow |
Drain Pipes 3 lines |
£1 15s. 9d. to £6 per 1,000. |
|
Concrete Products of Ireland Ltd. |
Concrete Blocks |
6% |
|
General Products Ltd. |
Tacks, Rivets |
6% |
|
J.A. Lumley & Son Ltd., Tullamore |
Processed Cherries |
1d. lb. |
|
Cut Peel |
2d. lb. |
|
|
George Richmond & Co., Ltd. |
Marsh Jelly |
2d. lb. |
|
Dartry Ltd., Dublin |
Laundry and Dry Cleaning Charges |
10% overall |
|
Waterford Metal Industries |
Metal Products |
10% |
|
Metal Requisites Ltd. |
Brass Companion Sets and Coffin Mountings |
5.5% |
|
Musgrave Bros. (Sweets) Ltd., Cork |
“Quenchers, Sailor Mints, Spearmint” |
1d. packet (retail) (including increased number of sweets per packet) |
|
Irish Ropes Ltd. |
Jute Cordage |
2d. to 3½d. lb. on 7 lines. |
|
Beecham of Ireland Ltd. |
Lucozade |
½d. bottle, large and small sizes. |
|
R. & W. Scott (Ireland) Ltd. |
“Scotchoc” |
Weight Reduction |
|
2 ozs. each bar. |
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Martin Mahony & Bros. Ltd. |
Hand knitting wool |
11/- to 11/3d. per 6 lb. spindle. |
|
Hosiery — 2 lines |
68C — 4/8d. per doz.; |
|
|
B. 123 — 7/11d. per doz. |
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Sunbeam Ltd. |
Hand knitting wool 7 lines |
10/9 to 11/6 per 6 lb. spindle. |
|
Russell Bros. Ltd., Portarlington |
Timber Products |
6% |
|
Clondalkin Concrete Ltd. |
Concrete Products |
2% |
|
Irish Bacon Curers' Society Ltd. |
Bacon (including cooked ham or gammons) |
2/4 cwt. |
|
Peter Kennedy Ltd., Dublin |
Flour Confectionery |
½d. to 4d. per item (retail). |