The text of the new Criminal Justice Bill has been circulated to Opposition parties, and is due to be formally published within the next day or two.
It is understood the Bill will include a provision that anyone convicted of possessing more than €500,000 worth of drugs will receive a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years, with no discretion allowed to judges in such cases.
Other measures to be covered include changes to bail rules, the right to silence, DNA and fingerprint samples, and various new gang-related offences.
Opposition parties have been critical of the time available to debate the new legislation, which is lengthy and complex.
The Dáil is due to debate the second stage of the Bill on Thursday and Friday of next week.
The Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell has promised to hold late night sittings to deal with Committee stage, if necessary.
Fine Gael has welcomed a provision in the new Bill which allows electronic tagging of people charged with serious offences who are released on bail.
The party's Justice Spokesperson, Jim O'Keeffe, said Fine Gael had suggested such a policy five years ago and that thousands of crimes could have been prevented if it had been adopted then.
