Gardaí are to meet with Department of Justice officials today to discuss how to keep order during their strike.
Members of the force are to walk off the job for four days next month in a row over pay.
But the back-up plan to ensure public safety is still unclear and the Garda Commissioner has left the country to go to a conference.
AGSI President Antoinette Cunningham says it's not up to them to arrange cover while they're off:
