29. (1) An tÚdarás may, 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 An tÚdarás as it may determine.

(2) The staff of An tÚdarás shall be employed on such terms and conditions as may be determined by An tÚdarás from time to time subject to the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

(3) There shall be paid by An tÚdarás to members of its staff such remuneration and allowances for expenses as may be approved from time to time by the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

(4) Where a member of staff of An tÚdarás is—

(a) nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann,

(b) elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or to be a member of the European Parliament, or

(c) regarded pursuant to Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 as having been elected to that Parliament,

he or she shall, thereupon, stand seconded from employment by An tÚdarás and shall not be paid by, or be entitled to receive from, An tÚdarás any remuneration or allowances for expenses in respect of the period commencing on such nomination or election or when he or she is so regarded as having been elected, as the case may be, and ending when such person ceases to be a member of either such House or a member of such Parliament.

(5) A person who is for the time being entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit therein or who is a member of the European Parliament shall, while he or she is so entitled or is such a member, be disqualified from employment by An tÚdarás.

(6) A period mentioned in subsection (4) shall not, for the purposes of any superannuation benefit, be reckoned as service with An tÚdarás.