asked the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy if he will state, in relation to the 40 recommendations from the National Prices Commission which he approved during the period 1 May to 31 May, 1978 the commodities in question and the extent of the increases; and, in relation to the recommendation which he did not approve, if he will state the increase recommended and the commodity concerned.
Written Answers . - National Prices Commission Recommendations .
157.
: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the 40 price increase recommendations made by the National Prices Commission in the period 1 May 1978 to 31 May 1978 and approved by me is in the form of a tabular statement which I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to have circulated with the Official Report.
The price increase recommendation referred to in the second part of the Deputy's question was in respect of an application by the Irish Bakery and Confectionery Trades Association for an increase in the price of bread. I have approved of the commission's recommendation of price increases of ½p per 400 gram loaf and pro rata for other sizes and I have given effect to the increases at the retail level in a new Maximum Prices (Bread) Order operative from 16 June 1978.
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Firm |
Product/Service Involved |
Price Increase approved |
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Cork City Coal Importers |
English coal |
£4.03 per tonne |
|
Dublin Cemeteries Committee, Dublin. |
Cemetery charges |
25% average |
|
Shannon Meat Ltd., County Limerick. |
Corned beef with cereal |
25.0% |
|
Limerick Coal Importers |
Phurnacite |
£3.55 per tonne (retail) |
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Associated Irish Gases Ltd., Dublin. |
Bulk liquid carbon dioxide |
2.45% |
|
Rowantree-Mackintosh (I) Ltd., Dublin. |
Sugar and Chocolate Confectionery |
3.45% average |
|
Drs. P.J. Brett and M.G. Dunne. |
Surgery and domiciliary consultation fees |
50p |
|
ESB |
Repair Service charges |
8% average |
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Hotpoint Ltd., Dublin |
Service charges |
Increases sufficient to yield additional annual revenue of £5,133 |
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Alfred Bird & Sons (I) Ltd., Dublin. |
Range of manufactured dessert products |
3.5% average |
|
Williams & Woods Ltd., County Dublin. |
Jams, marmalades, vinegar, ketchups, sauces, pickles etc. |
8.5% average |
|
Liga Ireland Ltd., Dublin |
Per dozen packets—wholesale |
|
|
Liga Red |
(i) 14p |
|
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Liga Glutenex |
(ii) 30p |
|
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Liga Aminex |
(iii) 22p |
|
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Irish Poultry Processors Association. |
Chickens |
6p per lb. |
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H.B. Chocolates Ltd., County Dublin. |
Sugar and chocolate confectionery |
6.7% average |
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Waterford Gas Company |
Town Gas |
8.45p per therm |
|
Lever Brothers (Ireland) Ltd., Dublin. |
(i) Household and Industrial Detergents and Toilet Preparations |
(i) 3% average |
|
(ii) Household Detergents and Toiletries |
(ii) Increase in cash margins of 3% average |
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Mitchelstown Creameries |
Natural and processed cheese |
4.33% average |
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Irish Industrial Gases Ltd. |
Consolidation of ESB fuel cost variation charge into basic gas prices |
Incorporation of 0.302p per kwh into basic prices (i.e. increase of 4.1% average on fixed prices) |
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Dr. E. J. Barker, Cork |
Surgery and domiciliary fees |
50p for all fees with the exception of those for the period midnight to 8 a.m. and Bank Holidays |
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Butter Manufacturers Association. |
Ex-creamery price of butter |
£140.82 per ton (i.e. 6½p per lb retail) |
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HB Ice Cream Ltd., Dublin |
All products |
Increase of 10% (average) in substitution for the 7% (average) increase recommended in April, 1978. |
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Golden Vale |
Natural and Processed Cheese |
4.33% average |
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Tonge & Taggart Ltd., Dublin |
Pipe fittings, municipal products and miscellaneous products |
9.6% |
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United Photofinishers Ltd. |
Colour film processing and printing |
9% average |
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Spollen Concrete Group |
Building materials |
10.6% average |
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Flemings' Fireclays Ltd., Athy |
Fireclay products |
4.1% average |
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International Computers Ltd., Dublin. |
Hire, maintenance and machine sale charges |
5.45% |
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Tegral Building Products Ltd., Dublin. |
Asbestos Cement goodsAstolite |
(i) 3.6% average(ii) 3.5% average |
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Punch and Programming Services Ltd. |
Data Preparation Charges |
12% average |
|
Robert Wilson and Son (I) Ltd., Dublin. |
Meat and Bone Meal |
£5 per tonne |
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Kapp and Peterson Ltd. |
Smoking pipes |
15% |
|
Fit Tyreservices (Ireland) Ltd. |
Manufactured Remould Tyres |
12% average |
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Irish Sugar Co. Ltd., Dublin |
Agricultural machinery range |
10% average except for 5 machines whose increases range from 13.5% to 24% |
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Donegal Design Ltd. |
Clothing |
5% average |
|
Wiggins Teape (Ireland) Ltd. |
Envelopes |
Amounts ranging between 4½% and 6% |
|
Slane Manufacturing Ltd. |
Textiles |
Amounts ranging between 3.5% and 23.9% |
|
Scotts Foods Ltd. |
Canned Strawberries |
15.7% |
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David Millard |
Kalamazoo Business Systems |
6.32% |
|
T. French & Sons Ltd. |
Curtain Tapes (Standard Cotton and Regis) |
6.3% and 5.1% |
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Bord Fáilte, Dublin |
(i) Bi-monthly magazine “Ireland of the Welcomes” |
(i) 43% |
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(ii) Advertising rates therein |
(ii) 65% |