asked the Minister for Finance the cost of an Exchequer subsidy of six-and-a-half pence per lb of butter, three-and-a-half pence per lb of cheese, and one penny a large loaf of bread.

: The cost to the Exchequer for the remainder of 1978 of the subsidies referred to is estimated at £2.4 million, £0.4 million and £1.25 million respectively. The full year cost to the Exchequer would be roughly double these amounts.

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