asked the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Tourism if he will give the following information in respect of each of the following items: (a) one sliced pan loaf, (b) one pint of milk, (c) one lb. of butter, (d) one kilo of sugar, (e) a packet of cornflakes and (f) a cylinder of gas, the consumer price on 1 July 1977 and the corresponding price on 20 January 1981; and the percentage price increase in respect of each item in that period.
Written Answers. - Grocery Prices.
48.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in a table which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to have circulated with the Official Report.
Following is the table:
TABLE
|
Product |
Maximum Retail Price on 1 July, 1977 |
Maximum Retail Price on 20 Jan. 1981 |
Percentage Increase |
|
Butter 1 lb. (parchment wrapped) |
53½p |
67½p |
26.2% |
|
Bread—800grm—wrapped sliced pan |
22½p |
44p |
95.6% |
|
Cornflakes—500grm pkt. |
36p |
60½p |
68.1% |
|
Sugar—1 kilo pkt. |
27p |
43½p |
61.1% |
|
Milk—1 pint |
8p |
15½p—Dublin |
93.8% |
|
15p—rest |
87.5% |
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|
of country |
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|
Cylinder Gas—11.343kgs |
£2.62 |
£4.92 |
87.8% |