asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will give details of the price increases approved since 1st October 1968; and the commodities and services concerned.
Ceisteanna—Questions Oral Answers. - Price Increases.
77.
I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to circulate in the Official Report a statement showing, in respect of the period 1st October 1968 to 31st January 1969, increases in prices and charges for commodities and services, of which I have been notified under the Prices Acts and to which I have raised no objection. It does not follow that all these increases were put into operation.
Following is the statement:
STATEMENT showing increases in prices and charges of which the Minister for Industry and Commerce has been notified and to which he raised no objection in the period 1st October, 1968 to 31st January, 1969.
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Firm |
Commodity |
Rate of Increase |
|
Brook Pottery Co. Ltd., Arklow |
Drain Pipes, 3 lines |
£1 15s. 9d. to £6 per 1,000 |
|
Concrete Products of Ireland Ltd. |
Concrete Blocks |
6% |
|
General Products Ltd. |
Tacks, Rivets |
6% |
|
J.A. Lumley & Son Ltd., |
Processed Cherries |
1d. 1b. |
|
Tullamore. |
Cut Peel |
2d. 1b. |
|
George Richmond & Co. Ltd. |
Marsh Jelly |
2d. 1b. |
|
Dartry Ltd., Dublin |
Laundry & Dry Cleaning Charges. |
10% overall |
|
Waterford Metal Industries |
Metal Products |
10% |
|
Metal Requisites Ltd. |
Brass Companion Sets and Coffin Mountings. |
5.5% |
|
Musgrave Bros. (Sweets) Ltd., Cork. |
“Quenchers, Sailor Mints, Spearmint”. |
1d. packet (retail) (including increased number of sweets per packet”). |
|
Irish Ropes Ltd. |
Jute Cordage |
2d. to 3½d. 1b. on 7 lines |
|
Beecham of Ireland Ltd. |
Lucozade |
½d. bottle, large and small sizes. |
|
R. & W. Scott (Ireland) Ltd. |
“Scotchoc” |
Weight Reduction2 ozs. each bar. |
|
Martin Mahony & Bros. Ltd. |
Handknitting wool Hosiery—2 lines |
11/- to 11/3d. per 6 1b. spindle 68C—4/8d. per doz.; B.123—7/11d. per doz. |
|
Sunbeam Ltd. |
Handknitting wool 7 lines |
10/9d. to 11/6d. per 6 1b.spindle. |
|
Russell Bros. Ltd., Portarlington. |
Timber Products |
6% |
|
Clondalkin Concrete Ltd. |
Concrete Products |
2% |
|
Irish Bacon Curers' Society Ltd. |
Bacon (including cooked ham or gammons). |
2/4d. cwt. |
|
Peter Kennedy Ltd., Dublin |
Flour Confectionery |
½d. to 4d. per item (retail) |
|
Southern Area Coal Importers' Association, Cork. |
German CoalPhurnaciteDutch Anthracite |
6/6d. ton23/- ton35/- ton |
|
B. Wood & Sons (Ireland) Ltd., Birr. |
Moquettes (17 lines) |
4d. to 9d. per yd. |
|
Concrete Products of Ireland Ltd. |
Concrete Blocks |
2% |
|
Phillips Rubbers (Ireland) Ltd. |
Soles, Heels and sheeting |
3% |
|
Moracrete Ltd. |
Concrete Pipes, paving flags, fence posts etc. |
6% |
|
Tobacco Manufacturers |
— |
1d. per 20 cigarettes at retail level and pro-rata for other products |
|
George Richmond & Co. Ltd. |
Table Jellies |
5/- gross |
|
Marsh Jelly |
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|
Lemon Curd |
2d. 1b. |
|
|
Chocolate Coverture |
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Irish Ropes Ltd. |
Jute Cordage |
½d. to 1¼d. 1b. on 7 lines |
|
Urney Chocolates Ltd. |
Various chocolate bars |
1d. each (including some weight increases). |
|
Pick-'N-Mix Assortment |
3d. qtr. 1b. |
|
|
Wholesale Tea Dealers' Association of Ireland. |
Tea |
4d. 1b. (at retail level) |
|
Barry & Co. Ltd., Cork |
Tea |
4d. 1b. (at retail level) |
|
Asbestos Cement Ltd. Ltd. |
Asbestos Cement Products |
8% |
|
Odeon (Ireland) Limited |
Cinema admission charges |
3d. and 6d. |
|
Edward Donaghy & Sons (Drogheda) Ltd. |
Football, vulcanised and heavy boots. |
2/3d. |
|
Girls' Shoes |
1/9d. pair |
|
|
Boys' Shoes |
2/- pair |
|
|
Southern Chemicals Ltd. |
Aeroboard |
7½% |
|
Irish beer brewers |
Beer |
12/- a bulk barrel (equivalent to ½d.a pint). |
|
Irish Flour Millers Association |
Bakers' Flour |
5/6d. sack (280 1bs.) |
|
Shop Flour |
9/4d. sack (280 1bs.) |
|
|
Bakers' Wheatenmeal |
4/- sack (280 1bs.) |
|
|
Shop Wheatenmeal |
6/10d. sack (280 1bs.) |
|
|
Irish Bakery and Confectionery Trades Association. |
Bread |
1d. per 2 1b. loaf and pro-rata for other sizes. |
|
A. Braithwaite & Co. (Ireland) Ltd. |
Washed sand and gravel |
6d. ton |
|
Clarnico-Murray Ltd. |
Sweets/Chocolates 2 assortments |
6d. 1b. and 2d. ¼ 1b. |
|
North-West Chip Basket Co. Ltd. |
12 1b. baskets |
8/- gross |
|
4 1b. baskets |
6/- gross |
|
|
Procea Ltd. |
Wet Gluten |
½d. 1b. |
|
Dry Gluten |
2d. 1b. |
|
|
Battery Filling Flour |
£1 15s. 0d. ton |
|
|
Gaeltarra Éireann |
Handwoven tweeds |
3% (average) |
|
Dargle & Bray Laundry |
Dry Cleaning and Laundry charges |
10% |
|
Flake Oatmeal Millers' Association. |
Flake Oatmeal (bulk and in packets). |
6% |
|
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Intoxicating liquor and non-alcoholic beverages |
Retail prices decontrolled. Minister accepted that price increases of 2d. per pint on beer and 2d. per glass on spirits by the licensed trade were justified because of increased costs. |
|
Irish Ropes Ltd. |
Rayon Twine |
3d. 1b. |
|
White, Tomkins & Courage Ltd. |
Speedicook Oatflakes |
6% |
|
The International Meat Co. Ltd. |
Processed Beef Products (4 lines) |
From 3d. to 8d. line |
|
Arigna Collieries Ltd. |
Coal |
19/- ton |
|
Apex Manufacturing Co. (1935) Ltd. |
Weaving Department |
1¾% |
|
Making Shirts |
5% |
|
|
DepartmentSheets |
10% |
|
|
Dungarees |
7½% |
|
|
Munster Chipboard Ltd., Waterford |
Truboard 6 mm to 25 mm |
2/7d. per 100 sq. ft. |
|
Rossmore Collieries Ltd., Carlow |
Nuts, cobbles, beans, peas Grains, machine duff and ordinary duff |
£1 ton10/- ton |
|
Irish Pharmaceuticals Ltd. |
Baby Cream: |
|
|
3 oz. jar |
1/6d. doz. |
|
|
6 oz. jar |
3/- doz. |
|
|
Packing Charges |
10% |
|
|
Slainte Mineral Water Co. Ltd. |
Soft Drinks |
15% |
|
Dublin Coal Importers |
English household coal |
£1 ton |
|
Polish, German, American and other coals |
4/6d. ton |
|
|
Anthracite & Coke |
4/6d. ton |
|
|
Kingscourt Bricks Ltd. |
PipesBricks |
10%5% |
|
Gateaux Ltd. |
Flour Confectionery |
5% |
|
Blanaid N. Kenny, Dublin |
Flour Confectionery |
1/- doz. |
|
Clondalkin Paper Mills Ltd. |
Standard Newsprint |
£2 ton |
|
Newbridge Cutlery Co. Ltd. |
All Products |
2½% |
|
Alliance & Dublin Consumers Gas Co. |
Coke |
£1 9s. 0d. ton |
|
Joseph H. Fletcher Ltd., Killeshandra. |
Brush Stocks |
15% |
|
Padmore & Barnes Ltd., Kilkenny. |
Shoes: |
|
|
Mens' Welted (8 lines) |
2/2d. to 4/4d. pair |
|
|
Ladies' Comforts (5 lines) |
1/7d. pair. |
|
|
E.R. Howard (Ireland) Ltd. |
Three-in-one oil |
2d. (4 oz.), 3d. (6 oz.) |
|
4d. (8 oz.) |
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M.I. Cream Wax |
1/- (8 oz.) |
|
|
Topps Scratch Cover |
3d. (4 oz.) |
|
|
Polish |
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|
Bekaert Gentex Ltd., Naas |
Ticking |
2½% |
|
Fullers (Ireland) Ltd. |
Chocolate Assortments Boilings and Lumps Flour Confectionery (30 lines) |
From 3d. ½1b. to 5/3d. 3 1bs. Certain weight alterations From 1d. to 6d. line |
|
Central Dairies Ltd., Dungarvan. |
Bottled Pasteurised Milk |
½d. per pt. (retail) over the whole year. |
|
Batchelors Ltd. |
Marrowfat Packet Peas: |
|
|
“Baby” size |
5d. doz. packets |
|
|
ldquo;Family” size |
10d. doz. packets |
|
|
B. Wood & Sons (Ireland) Ltd., Birr. |
Moquettes |
2d. to 7d. per yd. |
|
C.S. Laird Ltd. Drumshanbo “Womans Way” |
Jams and Marmalades |
1/6d. to 2/- per doz. 1 1bs. |
|
C.S. Laird Ltd. Drumshanbo “Womans Way” |
Advertising Rates |
£15 per page |
|
Chivers & Sons (Ireland) Ltd. |
Table Jelly |
1/- gross pint tablets |
|
The Soft Drink & Beer Bottlers Association. |
Soft Drinks |
10% |
|
Cantrell & Cochrane (Dublin) Ltd. |
Soft Drinks |
10% |
|
Batchelors Ltd. |
Soft Drinks |
10% |
|
Rowntree-Mackintosh (Ireland) Ltd. |
Sweets and Chocolates 13 lines |
From 3.3% to 10% (including certain weight alterations). |
|
Irish Metal Industries Ltd., Ltd., Dublin |
Shotgun Cartridges |
15% |
|
Lemon & Co. Ltd. |
Sweets and Chocolates |
10d. qr. increased to 1/- qr. |
|
10d. bags increased to 1/- each |
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1/2d. and 1/3d. qr. increased to 1/4d. qr. |
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1/2d. and 1/3d. bags increased to 1/4d. each |
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Count Lines (3d.) increased to 4d. |
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The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (on behalf of 11 assemblers). |
Motor Vehicles |
0.5% on wholesale prices |
|
Kincora Carpets Ltd. |
Carpets |
5% sq. yd. |
|
“Irish Grocery Review” |
Advertising Rates |
£8 full page (and pro-rata) |
|
Carrigaline Pottery Co. Ltd. |
EarthenwareTiles |
5%6% |
|
“Irish Yachting and Motor-boating”. |
Advertising Rates: |
|
|
Full Page |
£5 |
|
|
Half Page |
£2 |
|
|
B. J. N. Paints (Ireland) Ltd. |
Paint |
2½% (retail) |
|
Irish Bacon Curers' Society Limited. |
Sausages |
1d. 1b. |
|
Bolands Ltd. |
Flour Confectionery |
½d. to 1/- per item (retail) |
|
Roadstone Ltd. |
Ready mix concrete |
2/- per cubic yd. |
|
Dublin Master Victuallers' Association. |
Sausages |
1d. 1b. |
|
Irish Ropes Ltd. |
Harvest Twine: |
|
|
No. 1 and 2 Baler Twine |
£6 6s. Od. ton |
|
|
No. 4 Baler Twine |
£7 4s. Od. ton |
|
|
Sunbeam Limited |
Men's Heavy Woollen Vests and Pants. |
28/3d. doz. |
|
Corporation of Drogheda Gas Department. |
Gas |
1/8d. per 1,000 cubic ft. |
|
Bórd na Móna |
Milled Peat supplied to E.S.B. |
3/- ton |
|
Dublin Hosiery Co. Ltd. |
“Patrician” range of underwear and sportswear. |
8% |
|
Anthony O'Donovan Ltd. |
“Danitex Suits” |
£1 1s. 0d. each |
|
James J. Murphy & Co. Ltd. |
“Murphy” stout |
12/- barrel in addition to increase shown above for Irish beer brewers. |
|
Watney Mann (Ireland) Ltd. |
“Watney Red Barrel” ale |
12/- barrel in addition to increase shown above for Irish beer brewers. |
|
Killeen Paper Mills Ltd. |
Board Mill products |
12½% |
|
Cork Yeast Company Ltd. |
Yeast |
5/- basket |
|
Dublin Master Process Engraves' Federation (seven members). |
Process engraving |
6% |
|
J. & L. F. Goodbody Ltd. |
Carpet Yarns |
1d. lb. |
|
Other Yarns and Twists |
1d. lb. |
|
|
Miscellaneous Cloth |
1.5d. lb. |
|
|
Miscellaneous Bags |
1.5d. lb. |
|
|
Adelphi Cinema, Athlone |
Cinema Admission charges |
6d. seat (also revised seating arrangements). |
|
Hammond Lane Ironfounders Ltd. |
All products |
10% |
|
Metal Products (Cork) Ltd. |
Black Bolts and nuts and set screws. |
7% |
|
Southern Chemicals Ltd. |
“Plastolim” hydrated lime |
6% |
78.
asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce the number of applications for price increase made to him under the Prices Acts since 6th July, 1966; and the number of these which he has disallowed.
Since the date mentioned, approximately 930 notifications of proposed price increases were received by me under the Prices Acts but of these 165 were later withdrawn or allowed to lapse. Of the balance about 190 were disallowed either completely or partly.