asked the Taoiseach if he will state the number of gallons of new milk delivered to co-operative and other creameries from 1st January to 30th June, 1951, and from 1st January to 30th June, 1952.

The approximate total quantity of new milk delivered to central creameries and cream-separating stations registered under the Dairy Produce Act, 1924, during the period from 1st January to 25th June, 1952, the latest date up to which the information is available, was 84,452,000 gallons. The corresponding figure for the same period in 1951 was 73,937,000 gallons.