Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 6 Nov 1962

Vol. 197 No. 3

Written Answers. - Army Rations.

128.

Mr. Tully

asked the Minister for Defence if he will give details of the Army scale of rations and the cost at retail prices in the form of a reply of 28th May, 1958.

Minister for Defence (Mr. Bartley)

The menu in respect of each day of the week ended 28th October, 1962, for a Dublin Barracks was as follows:

Date	Breakfast	Dinner	Tea
22 October, 1962	Tea, Bread	Mutton Broth	Tea, Bread
	Butter	Bacon and Cabbage	Butter
	Rasher and Egg	Parsley Sauce	Roast Mutton
		Roast and Riced	Beans
		Potatoes	Cold Bacon
		Baked Rice Pudding	Eggs
		Jam Sauce	Marmalade
		Tea
23 October, 1962	Tea, Bread	Thick Beef Soup	Tea, Bread
	Butter	Brown Stew	Butter
	Rasher and	Mixed Vegetables	Fried Steaks
	Sausage	Creamed Potatoes	Rasher and
		Steamed Suet	Sausage
		Pudding	B. P. Scones
		Cornflour Sauce
		Tea
24 October, 1962	Tea, Bread	Kidney Soup	Tea, Bread
	Butter,	Fried Steak	Butter,
	Rasher and	Fried Onions	Rasher and
	Pudding	Roast and Riced	Pudding,
		Potatoes	Baked Beans
		Bread and Butter	Chips
		Pudding	Raspberry Buns
		Custard Sauce
		Tea
25 October, 1962	Tea, Bread	Household Soup	Tea, Bread,
	Butter	Braised Beef	Butter,
	Rasher and	Brown Gravy	Sausages
	Beans	Creamed Cabbage	Mashed Potatoes
		Stuffing	Meat Pie
		Riced Potatoes	Rock Buns
		Queen of Pudding
		Custard Sauce
		Tea
26 October, 1962	Tea, Bread,	Vegetable Soup	Tea, Bread,
	Butter	Fried Fillet of Fish	Butter
	Fried Kippers	White Sauce	Fried Egg and Chips
	Marmalade	Boiled Peas	Jam
		Roast and Mashed
		Potatoes,
		Jam Tarts
		Custard, Tea.
27 October, 1962	Tea, Bread,	Onion Soup	Tea, Bread,
	Butter,	Roast Beef	Butter,
	Rasher and	Brown Sauce	Rasher,
	Pudding	Creamed Carrots	Pudding,
		Riced Potatoes	Chips,
		Prunes and	Jam Flan
		Custard, Tea.
28 October, 1962	Tea, Bread,	Clear Beef Soup	Tea, Bread,
	Butter,	Mutton Chops	Butter,
	Rasher and	Mint Sauce	Rasher and Egg
	Sausage	Stuffing
		Riced Potatoes
		Marmalade Tarts
		Custard, Tea.

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

Item	22/10/62	23/10/62	24/10/62	25/10/62	26/10/62	27/10/62	28/10/62
Bread	lbs.	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Butter	ozs.	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Tea	ozs.	½	½	½	½	½	½	½
Sugar	ozs.	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Rashers	ozs.	1½	1½	1½	1½		1½	1½
Eggs	unit	1
Sausages	ozs.		2					2
Beans	ozs.				3
Kippers	ozs.					4
Fish	ozs.					8
Beef	ozs.		12	12	12		12
Bacon	ozs.	8
Mutton	ozs.							10
Onions	ozs.		½	2
Cabbage	ozs.	7			7
Parsnips	ozs.		1					4
Turnips	ozs.		1
Carrots	ozs.		1				4
Custard	ozs.			¾
Rice	ozs.	1						1
Jam	ozs.	½	½	½	½	½	½	½
Flour	ozs.		2		2	2
Currants	ozs.		1		1
Potatoes	ozs.	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Prunes	ozs.					1
Milk	Pts.	½	½	½	½	½	½	½
Pudding	ozs.			2
Peas	ozs.					1½

The following statement shows the cost per head per day and per week of the food items in question:—

	Contract Prices	Dublin and Dún	National average retail prices
	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
22nd October, 1962		3	6¾		5	2		5	1½
23rd October, 1962		4	0½		5	8		5	6¼
24th October, 1962		3	10¼		5	3½		5	2¼
25th October, 1962		4	1¼		5	6¾		5	5¾
26th October, 1962		2	8¾		3	10½		3	9
27th October, 1962		3	9¼		5	3¼		5	2¼
28th October, 1962		3	5¼		5	7¾		5	3½
	£1	5	6	£1	16	5¾	£1	15	6½