asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will indicate the retail price paid per dozen for Berehaven escallops at the fish market in Billingsgate and if he will consider fixing a minimum price for fishermen for this product.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Retail Price of Escallops.
I have no information at present as to the prices which have been paid on the Billingsgate Fish Market for escallops from Berehaven this season as Irish escallops have not been quoted in the Billingsgate market reports in the fish trade journals since the opening of the season on 21st October. As to the second part of the question I have no power to fix minimum prices for any kind of fish.