asked the Taoiseach if he will state what would have been the present index figures for the cost of living, cost of clothing and agricultural prices from their original base of 1914=100, if the present basic periods had not been introduced.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cost of Living Index.
In mid-August, 1950, the cost of living index (all items) is estimated to have been 319 and the index for the clothing group to have been 488 to the original base, July, 1914=100. The original base in the case of agricultural prices was 1911-12= 100, and to this base the index in September, 1950, is estimated at 288.