asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if, in respect of the inquiries held by the Prices Advisory Body during the year ended 31st March, 1956, into the prices of bacon, meat cubes, cast iron baths, cement, pottery, rubber soles and heels, and springs and heel tips, he will state (a) the amount of the increase sought in respect of each commodity as specified in each application, (b) the increase recommended by the Prices Advisory Body in each case, and (c) the amount of the increase sanctioned by him in each case.

I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate in the Official Report a statement setting out the information requested by the Deputy.

The following is the statement:—