Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance the anticipated inflationary effect of price increases approved by the Government since the start of 2005. [2597/05]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The CPI is forecast to increase by 2.5% in 2005. The price increases which were put to Government for approval will add less than 0.25% to the CPI this year. There were no changes to indirect taxes in the budget so the CPI effect of these is nil.