asked the Taoiseach whether his Department has at present under consideration any plans for reviewing the method of calculating the cost of living index; and whether any alteration in the present method of calculation is likely to be introduced in the near future.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cost of Living Index.
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Plans are at present being made to organise a national household budget inquiry, one of the objects of which would be the revision of the basis of the consumer price index number. It is not proposed to change the present method of computing the index until the results of such an inquiry become available.