BT Ireland has condemned the Meath strike.
A BT spokesperson said: “All three Emergency Call Handling Service centres will be open and operational tomorrow, and in addition, we are activating a fourth centre to give us flexibility. There are a number of operators from Conduit Global rostered to handle emergency calls in the Navan centre from 8am to 8pm tomorrow and they’re encouraged to come into work as normal.
“As part of our contingency plan, we have additional trained employees in place to handle calls to 999 and 112 efficiently and effectively.”
BT added: “We are disappointed that the union is going ahead with the industrial action in Conduit Global tomorrow, as we’ve seen the significant changes made in the company and the positive reaction from their employees.”
There are 55 operators in Conduit Global working on the Emergency Call Answering Service. Today those operators will handle calls during the day shift and night shift across four centres (Donegal, Dublin and Meath) and will be supplemented with additional trained employees if required.