General Prisons (Ireland) Act, 1877

Appointment tenure, and salary of officers.

28. Every governor, matron or female superintendent, chaplain, and medical officer of a prison shall be appointed by the Lord Lieutenant; every other officer and servant of a prison shall be appointed by the General Prisons Board, subject to the approval of the Lord Lieutenant. Every such appointment, except those of chaplain and medical officer, shall be for general prison service; and every such officer and servant shall hold his office or situation during the pleasure of the Lord Lieutenant, and shall receive such salary as the Lord Lieutenant, with the consent of the Treasury, shall from time to time appoint.