Mr. Ivailo Kalfin:

I would not say so because, again, this is a free choice. There is a big debate in Europe and probably also in Ireland about, for example, particular professions such as platform workers that we see delivering food, Uber drivers and so on. The big question is what is their status. Is the person employed or self-employed? Although there is some recent European legislation, it is totally unclear because the platforms say people are independent. A student might decide to work for three hours a day and that is absolutely fine, but the problem comes when the person has to take the financial responsibility for a family and, instead of working three hours a day, works ten hours a day with the same employer and has one single source of income. It is hard to say such a person is self-employed. Practically, it is an employee, but without the rights of an employee – social security, job stability, etc. The questions start in this transition area. On the other hand, we have professions that are traditionally self-employed, like interpretation, translation, many IT experts, etc., which is fine. That is okay. I would not say they should not be. It has a price – more challenges, more stress and a worse work-life balance - but it is the price of the free choice.