Technocracy and the Cabinet Powers

Having discussed the technical process behind electing the cabinet of experts, we must now move on to the powers of this cabinet of experts.
The role of the cabinet under the model of technocracy is both legislative and executive. This strongly resembles the role the current system attributes to the government. The cabinet represents the country at the EU conferences, makes out legislation, drafts out the budget etc. However the cabinet must adhere to the Government program that was passed in the Dáil and work towards fulfilling each point of the program. This means that any legislation or steps taken by the government must correspond with its stance as stated in the Government program.
Once the government, however, touches upon an agenda that is not included in the Government program, it has free hands. The government's stance will be simply be decided by the government itself on the issues not included in the Government program. This can lead to bills drafted that the government agrees on but are not supported by the Dáil majority. Thus it is up to the minister to defend the legislation introduced in the Dáil and address the issues raised by the TDs. The convincing process is designed to make the minister's role more active in the Dáil.
Thus as we can see the powers of the cabinet remain the same, the only difference is that the government is strongly tied to the Government program and the ministers are required to take a more active part in the Dáil debate.
The powers of the TDs are also an essential part of technocracy. The Dáil serves as a balancing body to the apolitical cabinet. The role and powers of the TDs will be explained in the next post, which will bring us close to the end of this simple process of explaining the model of technocracy. Please look forward to it.