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    Report on the Cost of Living in Ireland, June 1922
    Report on the Cost of Living in Ireland, June 1922
    Report on the Cost of Living in Ireland, June 1922
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    Report on the Cost of Living in Ireland, June 1922

    By Ireland. Ministry of Economic Affairs

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      Title: Report on the Cost of Living in Ireland

      June 1922

      Author: Ministry of Economic Affairs

      Release Date: October 8, 2011 [EBook #37666]

      Language: English

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      Rialtas Sealadach na héireann.

      MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS.

      REPORT

      ON THE

      COST OF LIVING

      IN

      IRELAND

      JUNE, 1922.

      DUBLIN:

      PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATIONERY OFFICE.

      To be purchased through any Bookseller or directly from

      EASON & SON, Ltd., 40 and 41 Lower Sackville Street, Dublin.

      1922.

      Price One Shilling.

      PREFACE.

      It having been represented to the Provisional Government that it was desirable to calculate an official figure indicating in respect of Ireland the change in the cost of living at the present time as compared with the cost of living in 1914, the Provisional Government appointed for the purpose on 10th June, 1922, a Committee comprising representatives of the Ministries of Agriculture, Finance, Economic Affairs and Labour. The Committee reported on the 4th August, 1922, and the result of its enquiries, together with the Committee's detailed explanation of the procedure adopted, are appended hereto.

      The conclusions set out in the report represent the closest approximation which is practicable to the average increases in the cost of maintaining, in particular months of the current year as compared with July, 1914, the same standard of living for a family dependent on wage earnings in places with 500 or more inhabitants. The inquiry applied to the whole of Ireland, and its basis is therefore broad enough to be reasonably dependable for any practical purpose to which a calculation as to changes in the cost of living can usefully be applied.

      It is proposed to arrange for the calculation at intervals of three months of a cost of living figure on the same basis as that adopted by the Committee for the purpose of this report. September will be the next month for which a figure will be determined.

      It is to be observed that the information collected in the course of this inquiry has incidentally revealed relations between the wholesale and the retail prices of several important commodities and between the prices of the same commodity in similar localities which require explanation. This matter is being further examined with a view to determining whether any undue advantage is being taken of the general body of consumers, and, if that be the case, to the adoption of appropriate remedies.

      Ministry of Economic Affairs,

      23rd August, 1922.

      THE COST OF LIVING

      IN

      IRELAND.

      REPORT

      To the Chairman, Provisional Government, Ireland.

      By minute dated the 10th June last we were appointed by the Government to determine the cost of living in Ireland for the months of March and June, 1922, as compared with the cost of living in July, 1914, on such a basis as would show the average increase in the cost of maintaining the same standard of living for a family dependent on wage earnings. We were asked to complete our calculations not later than July 15th, if possible, but owing to the fact that a considerable proportion of our staff were unable to reach our offices during the recent troubles in Dublin we were given until the 25th to complete our work. The following letter was sent to the Head of the Government on the 26th July:—

      "A Chara,—The Report of the

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