Food price increases
The questions asked how butter, sugar, bread and milk prices changed from February 1973 to November 1976; the reported increases were 90.3%, 126.9%, 72.9% and 59.2%, respectively.
asked the Taoiseach the percentage increase in the price of butter in the period February, 1973 to November, 1976.
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asked the Taoiseach the percentage increase in the price of sugar in the period February, 1973 to November, 1976.
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asked the Taoiseach the percentage increase in the price of bread in the period February, 1973 to November, 1976.
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asked the Taoiseach the percentage increase in the price of milk in the period February, 1973 to November, 1976.
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With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 3 to 6, inclusive, together. The percentage increases between mid-February, 1973 and mid-November, 1976 in the average retail prices for the items specified as determined from the prices collected in the corresponding consumer price index inquiries were: Bread, 72.9 per cent; Butter, 90.3 per cent; Milk, 59.2 per cent; Sugar 126.9 per cent.