Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I have a problem. I think the Commission is flagging that. I think the Commission wants to pursue and promote certain policies. I agree fully with Mr. Martínez Mongay that we should not interfere in the choices of individuals. Every family and every situation is different. I would be in no way judgmental, although that language is judgmental against my wife. The Commission should stop saying that she is underused human capacity. More importantly, we should be neutral in the choices people make. My fear is that the economic aspect of the Commission's decision-making promotes intervention in individual choices in a way that favours one decision above another. If we continue that for 20 or 30 years, my concern is that when my children reach the age when they have to decide what to do, they could be in an environment in which it is impossible to make the choice. I am worried that one option will have been favoured over the other to the extent that it is economically impossible to decide to choose one of those options. If the Commission promotes everyone working as much as possible, an environment will be created in which the price of housing increases to that extent that it will be impossible to make a free choice. My children will not be able to live in this city if every household is a dual-income household and house prices increase to reflect that. I am concerned that the Commission could interfere in freedom of choice in a way with which I do not agree.