Concern expressed about the job security of Cork workers, who handle the Irish Water account

Abtran, has the customer service contract for the Irish Water account


Concerns have been expressed about the job security of workers, who handle the Irish Water account, at two Cork call centres...

Customer service firm Abtran, which has the contract for the Irish Water account, employs up to 900 people directly on the account, at it's bases in Curaheen and Mahon.

Fears have been raised about these workers job security and future amid calls for the facility to be shelved...

A number of Cork TD's have been challenged to publicly state what is to become of these workers 

meanwhile..

Sinn Fein is calling for people who paid their water bills to be reimbursed... 

The party's deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald says given the charges are to be suspended, people who paid the water bill shoud get their money back 
 

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