Consumer price data beyond food
Donnellan asked for monetary price changes across all CPI items. Moore said comparable monetary data were available only for specified food items; FitzGerald urged extending coverage to sufficiently homogeneous non-food items, and Moore said the proposal could be considered.
asked the Taoiseach the monetary change that has taken place in all items in the consumer price index from mid-May 1977 to date.
Comment on this
Actual monetary price changes are available from the consumer price index only for those food items distinguished in the index where identical varieties and quantities are priced in all areas and meaningful average prices can be calculated. This information has already been provided for the period from mid-May 1977 to mid-February 1981 in the joint reply to Questions Nos. 374 and 376 on Tuesday, 31 March 1981.
Comment on this
Will the Minister look into the possibility of extending the range of items from food items to other items which are sufficiently specific in character to enable price information to be given in respect of them?
Comment on this
They are. I am asking the Minister if he will consider seeing that the range of items will be extended from food to other items sufficiently homogeneous for price data to be available.