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Dáil

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Consumer Price Index.

Declan Costello Mr. D. Costello Fine Gael

asked the Taoiseach the percentage increase in the consumer price index figure since the beginning of (a) 1957 and (b) 1960.

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Joseph Brennan Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach (Mr. J. Brennan) Fianna Fáil

The Consumer Price Index (base August, 1947 = 100) rose by 28.1 per cent between mid-February, 1957, and mid-August, 1964, the latest date for which the data are available. The corresponding rise between mid-February, 1960, and mid-August, 1964, was 20.1 per cent.

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