Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Price Control Orders. – Dáil Éireann (15th Dáil) – Thursday, 24 Feb 1955

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Price Control Orders.

Mr. Desmond

asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the commodities in respect of which price control Orders, made by him, are at present in operation.

I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate in the Official Report a list of the commodities in respect of which price control Orders made by the Minister for Industry and Commerce are at present in operation. The list includes particulars of the relevant Orders and specifies the nature of the control in each case.

Following is the list:—

COMMODITIES IN RESPECT OF WHICH PRICE CONTROL ORDERS MADE BY THE MINISTER FOR INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE ARE AT PRESENT IN OPERATION.

Commodity	Title of Order	Nature of Control
Bacon	Bacon (Maximum Prices) Order, 1955 (S.I. No. 23 of 1955).	Fixes maximum retail prices of bacon.
Bread	Bread (Prices) Order, 1952 (S.I. No. 183 of 1952). Bread (Prices) Order, 1952 (Amendment) Order, 1954 (S.I. No. 83 of 1954).	Fixes maximum whole-sale and retail prices for batch bread and fancy bread.
Butter	Butter (Maximum Prices) (No. 2) Order, 1954 (S.I. No. 177 of 1954).	Fixes maximum retail price of creamery butter.
Cigarettes and Tobacco.	Cigarettes (Maximum Prices) Order, 1952 (S.I. No. 83 of 1952).Tobacco (Maximum Prices) Order, 1952 (S.I. No. 85 of 1952).Tobacco (Maximum Prices) Order, 1952 (Amendment) (No. 1) Order, 1952 (S.I. No. 301 of 1952).	Fixes maximum retail prices for the popular brands of cigarettes and the various brands of tobaccos.
Cloth, Clothing and Knitting Wool.	E.P. (Cloth & Clothing) (Maximum Prices) Order, 1943 (S.R. & O. No. 170 of 1943).E.P. (Cloth & Clothing) (Maximum Prices) (First Amendment) Order, 1943 (S.R. & O. No. 333 of 1943).E.P. (Cloth & Clothing) (Maximum Prices) (Second Amendment) Order, 1944 (S.R. & O. No. 265 of 1944).E.P. (Cloth & Clothing) (Maximum Prices) Order, 1945 (S.R. & O. No. 247 of 1945).	Fixes margins of profit which may be taken by wholesalers and retailers on piece-goods, articles of wearing apparel and on knitting wool.
	Cloth, Clothing & Knitting Wool (Maximum Prices) Order, 1946 (S.R. & O. No. 381 of 1946).
	Cloth, Clothing & Knitting Wool (Maximum Prices) Order, 1947 (S.R. & O. No. 323 of 1947).
	Cloth, Clothing & Knitting Wool (Maximum Prices) Order, 1947 (Amendment) Order, 1949 (S.I. No. 254 of 1949).
	Cloth, Clothing & Knitting Wool (Maximum Prices) Order, 1947 (Amendment) Order, 1952 (S.I. No. 213 of 1952).
Flour and Wheaten-meal.	Flour & Wheatenmeal Order, 1952 (S.I. No. 180 of 1952).Flour & Wheatenmeal Order, 1952 (Amendment) Order, 1952 (S.I. No. 270 of 1952).	Fixes the maximum priced which may be charges by millers for flour and wheatenmeal.
	Flour and Wheatenmeal (Maximum Retail Prices) Order, 1954 (S.I. No. 84 of 1954).	Fixes the maximum retail prices of flour and wheatenmeal.
Gas	Tipperary Gas (Charges) Order, 1952 (S.I. No. 225 of 1952).	Fixes the maximum prices per therm at which gas may be sold in the areas mentioned.
	Cobh Gas (Charges) Order, 1947 (S.R. & O. No. 275 of 1947).
	Thurles Gas (Charges) Order, 1952 (S.I. No. 154 of 1952).
	Wicklow Gas (Charges) Order, 1952 (S.I. No. 174 of 1952).
	Kilkenny Gas (Charges) Order, 1947 (S.R. & O. No. 276 of 1947).
	E.P. (Clonmel Gas Charges) (No. 2) Order, 1942 (S.R. & O. No. 323 of 1942).
	Sligo Gas Charges Order, 1951 (S.I. No. 161 of 1951).
	E.P. (Limerick Gas Charges) (Amendment No. 2) Order, 1942 (S.R. & O. No. 376 of 1942).
	Drogheda Gas Charges Order, 1952 (S.I. No. 346 of 1952).
	E.P. (Cork Gas Charges) (Amendment) (No. 1) Order, 1942 (S.R. & O. No. 211 of 1942).
	E.P. (Dundalk) (Gas Charges) Order, 1943 (S.R. & O. No. 230 of 1943).
Intoxicating Liquor	Intoxicating Liquor (Maximum Prices) Order 1952 (S.I. No. 82 of 1952).	Fixes by standstill maximum retail prices of Beer, Stout, Porter and Whiskey.
Kerosene	Kerosene (Maximum Prices) (No. 3) Order, 1951 (S.I. No. 264 of 1951).	Fixes retailers' margins.
Matches	Matches (Maximum Prices) Order, 1952 (S.I. No. 6 of 1952).	Fixes maximum retail price of Maguire and Patersons “Friendly” and “Special Safety” matches.
Motor Spirit	Motor Spirit (Maximum Prices) Order, 1953 (S.I. No. 40 of 1953).	Fixes retailers' margins on standard grade petrol.
Perambulators	E.P. (Perambulators) (Maximum Prices) Order, 1944 (S.R. & O. No. 15 of 1944).E.P. (Perambulators) (Maximum Prices) Order, 1944 (Amendment) (No. 1) Order, 1944 (S.R. & O. No. 174 of 1944).	Fixes retailers' margins for home manufactured new or reconditioned peram bulators, go-cars, pram ettes and folding peram bulators.
	E.P. (Perambulators) (Maximum Prices) Order, 1944 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1952 (S.I. No. 111 of 1952).
Sewing Thread	Sewing Thread (Maximum Prices) Order, 1951 (S.I. No. 194 of 1951).Sewing Thread (Maximum Prices) Order, 1951 (Amendment) Order, 1951 (S.I. No. 273 of 1951).	Fixes maximum wholesale and retail prices of domestic sewing thread (cotton or artificial silk)
Sugar	Sugar (Maximum Prices) Order, 1953 (S.I. No. 160 of 1953).	Fixes maximum wholesale and retail prices of sugar.

Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 24 Feb 1955