19. (1) The Board may, with the prior approval of the Minister given with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform—

(a) appoint such and so many persons to be members of the staff of the NCH as it may from time to time determine,

(b) determine the grades of such staff of the NCH and the number of staff at each grade.

(2) The NCH may at any time remove any member of the staff of the NCH from being a member of its staff.

(3) The terms and conditions of service, including terms and conditions relating to remuneration and allowances for expenses (which shall be paid by the Board out of moneys at its disposal) of the members of the staff of the NCH shall be such as the Board may from time to time, with the prior approval of the Minister given with the consent of the Minister of Public Expenditure and Reform, determine.

(4) The Board may perform any of its functions through or by any member of the staff of the NCH duly authorised in that behalf by the Board.

(5) The Board may hire such temporary or casual staff as may be appropriate for the staging of specific events from time to time.

(6) Notwithstanding the dissolution of the National Concert Hall Company under section 31, a person who was an officer or servant of the National Concert Hall Company immediately before the dissolution, shall continue—

(a) as if, on that dissolution, the Board had appointed the person to be a member of staff of the NCH under subsection (1) for the remainder of that person’s term of office or employment, and

(b) on the same conditions as the person held office immediately before that dissolution.