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Mr. Clinton: asked the Taoiseach the value and quantity of butter exported to Britain in the present year.
Mr. Carty: Domestic exports of butter to Britain in the period January-July, 1966 (the latest period for which such information is available) amounted to 159,734 cwts, value £2,611,375.
Mr. Coogan: What was the subsidy on that?
Mr. Carty: The figures for last year were 129,545 cwt. value £2,308,797.
Mr. L'Estrange: The Parliamentary Secretary was not even asked that.
Mr. Coogan: What was the subsidy on that?
An Ceann Comhairle: That is a separate question.
Mr. Coogan: It is an important question.
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