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Tuesday, 25 January 2022

Department of An Taoiseach

Consumer Prices

Photo of Jackie CahillJackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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152. To ask the Taoiseach the way that the consumer price index has changed annually in Ireland from 2008 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2702/22]

Photo of Jack ChambersJack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The latest inflation figures published by the Central Statistics Office show that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 5.5% in the twelve months to December 2021. The annual average Consumer Price Index and the corresponding annual percentage change, for the years 2008 to 2021, are set out in the following table.

Consumer Price Index (base Dec 2016=100)

Year Annual Average Index Annual Average Percentage change (%)
2008 101.2 4.1
2009 96.7 -4.5
2010 95.8 -1.0
2011 98.3 2.6
2012 99.9 1.7
2013 100.4 0.5
2014 100.6 0.2
2015 100.3 -0.3
2016 100.3 0.0
2017 100.7 0.4
2018 101.2 0.5
2019 102.1 0.9
2020 101.8 -0.3
2021 104.2 2.4

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