Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

According to the Consumer Strategy Group report clothing prices decreased significantly in recent years. Items not previously covered by the groceries order declined by 0.1% in December but have, however, increased by 2.3% since removal of the order in March. These include mainly fresh meat, fish and vegetables where the real prices are historically more variable due to a less constant cost production. That is straight from the CSO.

See this speech in context