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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 17 Feb 1971

Vol. 251 No. 10

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cereals Imports.

2.

asked the Taoiseach the total amount of cereals imported each year from 1966 to the latest available date.

With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to circulate in the Official Report a statement showing the required information.

Following is the statement:

IMPORTS OF CEREALS IN EACH YEAR 1966 TO 1970.

Quantity

Value

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

cwt.

cwt.

cwt.

cwt.

cwt.

£

£

£

£

£

Cereals:

Unmilled

12,023,862

8,837,191

10,256,902

7,200,723

8,137,822

15,118,845

11,350,456

13,566,016

9,216,451

11,272,881

Milled

26,061

39,124

31,693

30,755

120,099

67,912

99,330

79,849

81,371

222,742

Cereal preparations

287,449

132,864

167,638

212,324

238,704

1,227,213

1,245,879

1,647,610

2,116,339

2,296,280

You wanted to get away from No. 1.

Is it not about time——

(Interruptions.)

On which question is the Deputy asking a supplementary?

We have gone away from No. 1 long ago.

Since when?

Since we took No. 2.

Is the Parliamentary Secretary not aware that with the decimalisation of our currency and the "dismalisation" of Fianna Fáil the whole country now is in a state of "chassis"?

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