asked the Taoiseach if he will state the official index number for net agricultural production (excluding turf) including provision for changes in the number of live stock, for each of the years from 1938 to 1951, inclusive.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Net Agricultural Production Index.
There is no official index number for net agricultural production (excluding turf) including provision for changes in the number of live stock. The particulars required by the Deputy for the years 1938-39 to 1950 have, however, been compiled and are as follows. The figure for 1951 is not yet available.
VOLUME of net agricultural output (excluding turf) making allowance for changes in live stock between the beginning and end of the year of inquiry, to base 1938-39 taken as 100.
|
Year |
|
|
1938/39 |
100 |
|
1939/40 |
102.8 |
|
1940/41 |
98.7 |
|
1941/42 |
107.2 |
|
1942/43 |
109.2 |
|
1943/44 |
107.9 |
|
1944/45 |
105.7 |
|
1945 |
111.4 |
|
1946 |
102.8 |
|
1947 |
92.8 |
|
1948 |
100.7 |
|
1949 |
108.5 |
|
1950 |
100.1 |
Is the Parliamentary Secretary aware that the figures which he has submitted to the House are the final and complete proof of the failure of the agricultural policy propounded by a certain abominable showman whose name I will not mention?
That is a separate question.