Presidential Establishment Act, 1938

The staff in the office of the secretary to the President.

7.—(1) There shall be attached to the office of the secretary to the President such and so many officers and persons as the Taoiseach shall from time to time, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, consider to be necessary.

(2) Every officer and person attached to the office of the secretary to the President shall be appointed by the Taoiseach with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance.

(3) Every officer and person attached to the office of the secretary to the President shall hold his post in that office on such terms and conditions and shall receive, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, such remuneration as the Minister for Finance shall from time to time direct.

(4) This section shall have, and be deemed always to have had, effect as from the coming into operation of the Constitution.