asked the Taoiseach if he will state at current national average retail food prices the cost in pence, and the total cost, of purchasing each of the food items listed in Table I of a Dublin Nutritional Survey of 1943, published on page 243 of the Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, vol. XVII, of 1943-44.
Written Answers. - Food Prices.
61.
The following statement shows, in so far as they are available, the cost in pence at the national average retail prices current at mid-August, 1959, of the items listed in the publication in question.
COST of purchasing each of the items shown in Table 1 of a Dublin Nutritional Survey of 1943 at mid-August, 1959 national average retail prices.
|
Commodity |
Unit |
Cost in pence |
|
Bread |
7¼ lb. |
52.20 |
|
Bacon |
½,, |
20.62 |
|
Beef |
1 ,, |
41.51 |
|
Minced Meat |
½ ,, |
* |
|
Corned Beef (1) |
½ ,, |
12.58 |
|
Liver, Ox |
¼ ,, |
7.81 |
|
Eggs (2) |
2 oz. |
4.18 |
|
Cheese |
½ lb. |
17.29 |
|
Milk |
1¾pints |
10.05 |
|
Fish (3) |
¼ lb. |
5.58 |
|
Butter (4) |
¼ ,, |
12.87 |
|
Suet |
1 oz. |
* |
|
Lard |
¾ lb. |
13.57 |
|
Sugar |
1 ,, |
7.52 |
|
Jam (5) |
¾ ,, |
12.58 |
|
Potatoes |
5 ,, |
11.70 |
|
Peas (6) |
¼ ,, |
4.03 |
|
Tea (7) |
¼ ,, |
18.32 |
|
Oatmeal (8) |
½ ,, |
3.98 |
|
Rice |
¼ ,, |
2.79 |
|
Syrup |
½ ,, |
* |
|
Cabbage (9) |
1 ,, |
5.34 |
|
Beans (Butter) |
¼ ,, |
* |
|
Barley |
½ ,, |
* |
|
Fruit (10) |
*Items not priced for the Consumer Price Index.
(1) Corned brisket. (2) 1 egg. (3) Whiting. (4) Creamery Butter. (5) Mixed fruit jam. (6) Dried peas. (7) Tea, as used by wage-earning classes. (8) Oatmeal—flake. (9) Cabbage—one head. (10) The cost cannot be stated as the quantity and type are not specified.
The total of the items priced above is 264.5 pence.
62.
asked the Taoiseach if he will state at current national retail prices the estimated cost per diet-head per week of each of the food items listed in Table 3, in each case, of Parts IV and V of the National Nutrition Survey in respect of (a) farming families and (b) farm workers' families, in the form of a reply of 20th November, 1957.
The following table shows the estimated values at the national average retail prices ruling in mid-August, 1959 (the latest date for which the information is available) of the quantities of food listed in Table 3 (page 18) of Part IV and Table 3 (page 16) of Part V of the National Nutrition Survey, 1946-48 in respect of (a) farming families and (b) farm workers' families. Comparable prices are not available from the Consumer Price Index for all the items referred to in the Nutrition Survey, but the items for which estimates have been made account (at 1946-48 prices) for all but 1s. 9½d. of the total expenditure of 17s. 0d. per diet-head per week in farming families and all but 8½d. of the total expenditure of 11s. 5d. per diet-head per week in farm workers' families as estimated in Table 4A of Part IV and Table 4A of Part V of the Survey.
It must be emphasised that the prices used are those for retail purchases in shops and that much of the dietary of both farming families and farm workers' families is not purchased retail but represents the direct consumption of agricultural produce without any sale process.
ESTIMATED values, at the national average retail prices ruling in mid-August 1959, of the quantities of food listed in Table 3 of Part IV and Table 3 of Part V of the National Nutrition Survey, 1946-48.
|
Commodity |
(a) Farming Families |
(b) Farm Workers' Families |
Notes on items in the Consumer Price Index (C.P.I.) used to estimate values shown |
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|
Bought and Free |
Home Won |
Total |
Bought and Free |
Home Won |
Total |
||
|
d. |
d. |
d. |
d. |
d. |
d. |
||
|
Butter |
17.39 |
15.50 |
32.89 |
21.25 |
0.82 |
22.07 |
Bought and free=Creamery butter; Home won= Farmers' butter. |
|
Margarine |
0.99 |
— |
0.99 |
1.98 |
— |
1.98 |
|
|
Other Fats |
0.45 |
— |
0.45 |
0.68 |
— |
0.68 |
Lard. |
|
Sugar |
5.45 |
— |
5.45 |
5.64 |
— |
5.64 |
White granulated sugar. |
|
Preserves |
5.72 |
0.13 |
5.85 |
6.35 |
— |
6.35 |
Strawberry jam, mixed fruit jam and marmalade. |
|
Syrup and Treacle |
Not available. |
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|
Milk liquid, milk whole condensed and milk whole dried |
1.15 |
39.61 |
40.76 |
18.37 |
5.17 |
23.54 |
Fresh milk only. |
|
Skimmed milk and buttermilk and skimmed condensed milk |
Not available. |
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|
Cheese |
1.30 |
— |
1.30 |
1.94 |
— |
1.94 |
|
|
Eggs |
1.67 |
25.08 |
26.75 |
5.43 |
8.36 |
13.79 |
1st grade hen eggs. |
|
Beef and Veal |
30.04 |
0.26 |
30.30 |
27.20 |
— |
27.20 |
Five cuts, of beef, weighted as in C.P.I. |
|
Mutton and Lamb |
7.77 |
— |
7.77 |
3.11 |
— |
3.11 |
Five cuts, of mutton, weighted as in C.P.I. |
|
Pork |
1.04 |
0.26 |
1.30 |
0.26 |
— |
0.26 |
Fresh pork, shoulder. |
|
Corned Beef, Mutton or Pork |
1.41 |
— |
1.41 |
2.83 |
— |
2.83 |
Corned brisket beef. |
|
Bacon |
10.12 |
20.52 |
30.64 |
6.65 |
0.58 |
7.23 |
Five cuts, weighted as in C.P.I. |
|
Liver, Sheep |
Not available. |
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|
Liver, other |
0.20 |
— |
0.20 |
0.39 |
— |
0.39 |
Beef liver. |
|
Other Offals |
Not available. |
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|
Cooked and Canned Meat |
2.27 |
— |
2.27 |
3.41 |
— |
3.41 |
Cooked ham. |
|
Sausages, uncooked |
4.55 |
— |
4.55 |
6.42 |
— |
6.42 |
Pork sausages. |
|
Other meat products |
Not available. |
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|
White fish |
0.98 |
0.16 |
1.14 |
0.82 |
— |
0.82 |
Whiting and cod steak, weighted as in C.P.I. |
|
White fish, processed |
Not available. |
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|
Fat fish, fresh |
1.04 |
0.21 |
1.25 |
0.41 |
— |
0.41 |
Herrings. |
|
Fat fish, processed |
Not available. |
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|
Fish, canned |
0.54 |
— |
0.54 |
0.54 |
— |
0.54 |
Salmon. |
|
Potatoes, unpeeled, peeled and chips |
0.98 |
23.43 |
24.41 |
5.90 |
14.18 |
20.08 |
Unpeeled potatoes only. |
|
Carrots |
0.09 |
0.60 |
0.69 |
0.13 |
0.34 |
0.47 |
|
|
Other roots |
Not available. |
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|
Green vegetables |
Not available. |
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|
Miscellaneous vegetables |
0.64 |
0.74 |
1.38 |
1.15 |
0.41 |
1.56 |
Onions. |
|
Legumes, fresh |
Not available. |
||||||
|
Pulses, dried |
0.40 |
— |
0.40 |
0.30 |
— |
0.30 |
Peas. |
|
Pulses, canned |
Not available. |
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|
Tomatoes |
0.96 |
— |
0.96 |
0.64 |
— |
0.64 |
|
|
Citrus fruits |
0.35 |
— |
0.35 |
0.35 |
— |
0.35 |
Oranges |
|
Other fruit |
0.48 |
1.59 |
2.07 |
0.74 |
0.21 |
0.95 |
Cooking apples. |
|
Bottled and canned fruit |
0.20 |
— |
0.20 |
— |
— |
— |
Pears. |
|
Dried vine fruit |
1.17 |
— |
1.17 |
1.02 |
— |
1.02 |
Sultanas. |
|
Other dried fruit |
Not available. |
||||||
|
Flour |
21.57 |
0.08 |
21.65 |
15.02 |
— |
15.02 |
|
|
Wholemeal |
Not available. |
||||||
|
Maize meal |
Not available. |
||||||
|
Bread |
16.74 |
0.45 |
17.19 |
21.51 |
0.05 |
21.56 |
|
|
Biscuits (including wafers, excluding oatmeal biscuits) |
1.87 |
— |
1.87 |
0.83 |
— |
0.83 |
|
|
Cakes |
1.32 |
— |
1.32 |
0.56 |
— |
0.56 |
|
|
Puddings |
Not available. |
||||||
|
Oatmeal and oat products |
3.36 |
0.86 |
4.22 |
2.16 |
— |
2.16 |
|
|
Breakfast cereals |
Not available. |
||||||
|
Cereals (rice and barley) |
0.07 |
— |
0.07 |
— |
— |
— |
Rice only. |
|
Cereals (flour base) |
0.15 |
— |
0.15 |
0.15 |
— |
0.15 |
Semolina. |
|
Other cereals |
Not available. |
||||||
|
Cocoa and cocoa-based drinks |
0.67 |
— |
0.67 |
0.67 |
— |
0.67 |
Cocoa powder. |
|
Patent drinks and foods |
Not available. |
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|
Total of items for which estimated values are above |
145.10 |
129.48 |
274.58 |
164.81 |
30.12 |
194.93 |