Statistics Act, 1993

Staff of the Central Statistics Office.

9.—(1) There shall be employed in the Central Statistics Office so many members of staff as the Taoiseach shall, with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, from time to time determine.

(2) The members of the staff of the Office shall be civil servants of the State.

(3) The Taoiseach shall be the appropriate authority for the purpose of the Civil Service Commissioners Act, 1956 , and the Civil Service Regulation Acts, 1956 and 1958 , in relation to members of the staff of the Office.

(4) The Taoiseach may delegate to the Director General the powers exercisable by him as the appropriate authority in relation to members of the staff of the Office and, if he does so, then, so long as the delegation remains in force—

(a) those powers shall, in lieu of being exercisable by the Taoiseach, be exercisable by the Director General; and

(b) the Director General shall, in lieu of the Taoiseach, be the appropriate authority in relation to members of the staff of the Office.