asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the quantity of (a) Irish wheat of the 1954 harvest purchased for milling, (b) the quantity not yet used, and (c) the quantity of imported wheat mixed with the Irish wheat already used for the making of flour and bread from 1st October, 1954, to the latest available date.

From particulars supplied to me by the Irish Flour Millers' Association, and by the Association of Wheaten Meal Millers, the information sought by the Deputy is as follows:—

(a) The quantity of undried Irish wheat of the 1954 crop purchased up to the 12th March, 1955, for milling was 393,000 tons.

(b) The quantity of dried Irish wheat of the 1954 crop in the hands of millers at the 12th March, 1955, was 201,500 tons.

(c) The quantity of imported wheat mixed with Irish wheat used for the making of flour and bread in the period from the 25th September, 1954, to the 26th February, 1955, was 51,615 tons.