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Classification of service in the civil service of Dáil Eireann.
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4.—(1) For the purposes of this Act—
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(a) a person who was appointed to a position in the civil service of Dáil Eireann before the 11th day of July, 1921, shall be deemed to have been appointed to an established position in that civil service, and
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(b) a person who was first appointed to a position in the civil service of Dáil Eireann on or after the 11th day of July, 1921, shall be deemed to have been appointed to an unestablished position in that civil service.
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(2) Whenever the Minister is satisfied that a particular person, on or after the 11th day of July, 1921, accepted at the request of the Cabinet of the Second Dáil Eireann a consular or diplomatic post abroad in the civil service of Dáil Eireann and on the acceptance of such post sustained serious pecuniary loss by forced disposal of his business, the Minister may, if he so thinks fit and notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing sub-section of this section, deem such person for the purposes of this Act to have held an established position in the civil service of Dáil Eireann.
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(3) The Minister, when giving a certificate under this Act in relation to a person who was employed in the civil service of Dáil Eireann, shall have regard to the provisions of the foregoing sub-sections of this section.
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