asked the Taoiseach the percentage increase in wage costs per unit of output between 1968 and 1971 and the comparable increase in Britain, West Germany and the United States.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Wage Costs Increase.
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Wage costs per unit of output in manufacturing industry in Ireland increased by 35.4 per cent between 1968 and 1971. The corresponding increases in the United Kingdom, West Germany and the United States in the same period were 26 per cent, 23 per cent and 9 per cent respectively.