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Dáil

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Purchasing Value of Pound.

asked the Taoiseach the present purchasing value of the £1 in relation to 1938.

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It is estimated on the basis of the retail price index numbers that at mid-August, 1963 (the latest date for which the index has been computed) £1 would have purchased the same quantum of goods and services at retail prices as would 6s. 10d. in the year 1938.

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