asked the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries if he will state in respect of the year 1957 and the latest available date (a) the price paid to producers for creamery milk, (b) the price of skim milk, (c) the price paid to producers for liquid milk and (d) the price charged to consumers for liquid milk.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Milk Prices.
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As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
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(a) Price paid to producers for creamery milk (exclusive of skim): |
Year 1957 — 18.52d |
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annual average |
Year 1970 — 26.27d |
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(b) Price paid to producers for skim milk bought by creameries: |
Year 1957 — 2.72d |
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annual average |
Year 1970 — 3.44d |
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Year 1957: |
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(c) Statutory minimum producer price for liquid milk supplied in Dublin and Cork areas: |
Dublin Area— 2s. 4?d |
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annual average |
Cork Area — 2s. 2?d |
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Year commencing1st May, 1971 — 16.944p (=3s. 4.7d) |
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(d) Statutory maximum retail price for liquid milk sold in Dublin area: |
Year 1957 — (Average Price) — 3s. 10d |
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As from 15th February, 1971— 32p (=6s. 4?d) |
NOTES: (1) There is no official control over producer prices of liquid milk outside the areas of the Dublin and Cork District Milk Boards.
(2) The maximum retail price of milk is not controlled by Order outside the Dublin area.
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asked the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries what effect the recent alteration in the demand for and the price of butter for the UK will have on the price of milk to dairy farmers.
While butter prices in the UK have increased substantially in recent weeks, the price being received for Irish butter on the UK market continues to be less than the fixed price at which An Bord Bainne purchases the butter from creameries here. Since sale of Irish butter in the UK continues to involve export losses, the recent price increases there do not affect the price payable to creamery milk suppliers in this country.