Mr. Juan Menéndez-Valdés:

Yes, it would. Wages are one relevant factor in determining job quality, but they are not the only one. One has to bear in mind working time flexibility, health and safety and other factors. Through the Europe-wide working conditions survey, we examine job quality through various criteria. The good news is that in Europe more than half of jobs can be called good jobs. In Ireland, the news is even better because 61% of jobs can be described as good. However, there is a cluster of bad jobs where the prospects to retain people in the labour market are relatively low. In the European Union, these types of jobs average 21% while in Ireland they come to 23%.