Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to raise the issue of SI 349/2017. The Tánaiste is familiar with it because it is the statutory instrument that appointed her three special advisers and was signed by the Taoiseach, Deputy Leo Varadkar, on 18 July. There is no problem with that. He backdated the appointment to the date of the reshuffle on 14 June. On what legal basis were the Tánaiste's three special advisers appointed and their appointments backdated?

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