35. (1) The Board shall, with the approval of the Minister and the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, appoint such and so many persons to be members of the staff of the Council as it may determine.

(2) A member of staff of the Council shall be a civil servant in the Civil Service of the State.

(3) The Board shall be the appropriate authority (within the meaning of the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 and the Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 to 2005) in relation to members of the staff of the Council.

(4) For the purposes of this section, the Secretary is not a member of the staff of the Council.