Civil Service Regulation Act, 1956

Appointment of members of the staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas and officers of the Attorney General.

19.—It is hereby declared that the power of appointing a person to be a member of the staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas or to be an officer of the Attorney General is vested in the Taoiseach and was, as respects any such appointment made before the coming into operation of the Constitution, vested in the President of the Executive Council and, as respects any such appointment made after the coming into operation of the Constitution and before the commencement of this Act, vested in the Taoiseach.