Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 9 Nov 1960

Vol. 184 No. 5

Written Answers. - Army Rations: Scale and Cost.

74.

Mr. Desmond

asked the Minister for Defence if he will furnish details of the army scale of rations and the cost in a recent week in the form of a reply of 21st October, 1959.

Minister for Defence (Mr. K. Boland)

The menu in respect of each day of the week ended 4th November, 1960, for a Dublin Barracks was as follows:—

Date	Breakfast	Dinner	Tea	Supper
29/10/60	Tea, Bread,	Clear Onion Soup,	Tea, Bread,
	Butter,	Steak and Kidney	Butter,
	Rasher and	Pie, Mashed	Rasher and
	Pudding	Potatoes,	Pudding,
		Jam fritters and	Apple Tart and
		custard,	Jam,
		Tea.	Tea.
30/10/60	Tea, Bread,	Mutton Broth,	Tea, Bread,
	Butter,	Roast Mutton and	Butter,
	Rasher and	Stuffing, Peas,	Sausage, Creamed
	Sausage,	Mashed Potatoes,	Potato, Brown
		Prunes and custard,	Gravy,
		Tea.	Queen Cake.
31/10/60	Tea, Bread,	Household Soup,	Tea, Bread,
	Butter,	Boiled Bacon,	Butter,
	Rasher and	Creamed Potatoes,	Rasher and Egg,
	Beans	Boiled Cabbage,	Barm Brack,
		White Sauce,	Apple Tart
		Queen of Pudding,
		Tea.
1/11/60	Tea, Bread,	Beef Broth,	Tea, Bread, Butter,	Tea, Meat
	Butter,	Braised Beef,	Sausage Roll,	Sandwiches
	Rasher and	Brown Cravy, Peas,	Fruit Scones
	Egg.	Mashed Potatoes,
		Baked Rice with
		fruit,
		Tea.
2/11/60	Rasher and	Kidney Soup,	Tea, Bread,	Tea,
	Pudding,	Brown Stew,	Butter,	Meat
	Tea, Bread,	Mixed Vegetables,	Sausage,	Sandwiches.
	Butter.	Mashed Potatoes,	Saute Potato,
		Bread and Butter	Chester Cake.
		Pudding,
		Custard,
		Tea
3/11/60	Tea, Bread,	Clear Soup,	Tea, Bread,	Tea.
	Butter,	Hamburgh Steak,	Butter,	Meat
	Rasher and	Brown Gravy,	Beans and	Sandwiches.
	Egg.	Peas, Mashed/	Potato,
		Jacket Potatoes,	Cakes,
		Boiled Sago and	Rock Buns.
		Jam Sauce,
		Tea.
4/11/60	Tea, Bread,	Mixed Vegetable	Tea, Bread,
	Butter,	Soup, Fried	Butter,
	Kippers	Whiting, Onions	Scrambled Egg,
		in White Sauce,	Toast,
		Mashed Potatoes,	Queen Cakes.
		Steamed Chocolate
		Pudding, Custard,
		Tea.

The issues per head of dining strength, in accordance with Regulations during the week in question were as follows:—

Item		29.10.60	30.10.60	31.10.60	1.11.60	2.11.60	3.11.60	4.11.60
Bread	(lbs.)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Butter	(ozs.)	2	2	1?	1¼	1?	1?	1?
Margarine	,,	—	—	½	1?	?	?	?
Tea	,,	½	½	½	½	½	½	½
Sugar	,,	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Milk	(pts.)	½	½	½	½	½	½	½
Rashers	(ozs.)	1½	1½	1½	1½	1½	1½	—
Sausages	,,	—	3	—	—	4½	1?	—
Pudding	,,	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
Beans	,,	—	—	3	—	—	—	—
Beef	,,	9	—	—	12	8	11¼	—
Bacon	,,	—	—	8	—	—	—	—
Mutton	,,	—	10	—	—	—	—	—
Potatoes	,,	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Cabbage	,,	—	—	7	—	—	—	—
Peas	,,	—	1½	—	1½	—	1½	—
Onions	,,	2	—	—	—	—	—	2
Carrots	,,	—	—	—	—	2	—	—
Parsnips	,,	—	—	—	—	2	—	—
Flour	,,	—	2	2	—	2	—	2
Dried Fruit	,,	—	1	1	—	1	—	—
Custard	,,	¾	—	—	—	—	—	—
Jam	,,	½	½	—	—	½	½	½
Cheese	,,	—	—	¼	¼	—	—	—
Rice	,,	—	—	—	—	—	1	—
Kippers	,,	—	—	—	—	—	—	4
Fish	,,	—	—	—	—	—	—	8
Eggs	(units)	1	1	—	1	1	1	—

Minister for Education (Dr. Hillery)

The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following tabular statement:

	Contract Prices	Dublin and Dunlaoghaire Average retail prices	National average retail prices
	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
29th October, 1960		3	4		4	8¼		4	7½
30th ,, ,,		3	10½		5	7		5	5
31st ,, ,,		3	3		4	11½		4	10½
1st November, 1960		3	8¾		5	1¼		5	0¼
2nd ,, ,,		3	7		5	4		5	2¾
3rd ,, ,,		3	4½		5	3½		5	4
4th ,, ,,		2	5¼		3	4¾		3	5½
	£1	3	7	£1	14	4¼	£1	13	11½