The Irish Government is to provide more funding to help the victims of Pakistan's floods.
Minister with Responsibility for Overseas Development Peter Power made the announcement before an Oireachtas Committee specially convened to discuss the disaster.
Mr Power said further money would be allocated in addition to the €2m already pledged.
The Minister also confirmed he will be meeting with aid agencies and charities here next week to assess how they can work together with the Irish Government to help the victims of the floods.
He said he will be travelling to Pakistan to see how Irish aid is being spent, but said he will not be making the trip for some time.
He said the advice is that such a visit should not happen for a number of months so that full focus remains on helping the victims.
Photos taken by Oxfam staff in Nowshera, Charsadda and in Jacobabad district in Sindh Province - view
Irish and international aid agencies, as well as the Pakistani army and local charities, are providing food, water, medicine and shelter to the displaced, but due to the sheer scale of the catastrophe, millions have received little or no help.
Speaking before the same Committee, Pakistan's Ambassador to Ireland described the situation in her country as critical and alarming and said the immediate challenge now is to make sure there is adequate food and shelter for victims.
Naghmana A Hashmi said the initial international response to the floods was slow and disappointing, but she said no one could have imagined the huge humanitarian disaster that has unfolded.
She said there are around 6,000 Pakistanis living in Ireland.
Meanwhile, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is to meet senior health officials for talks on preventing a mass public health crisis in the flood-hit country.
There are fears of potential disease outbreaks among the tens of millions of people who have been left homeless.
Doctors in many areas are reportedly struggling to cope with illnesses such as diarrhoea and cholera.
The Indus river at Hyderabad, already at a 50-year high, is expected to rise still further.
Mr Gilani is holding talks with senior doctors, health ministry officials, UN representatives and members of non-government organisations to deal with the looming health crisis.
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari said it could take his country three years or more to recover and warned Islamic militants could exploit the crisis.
'I see always such organisations and such people taking advantage of this human crisis,' Mr Zardari said in an interview published in Britain's Independent newspaper.
'It is again a challenge to not let them take advantage of this human crisis.'
About one-third of Pakistan has been affected by three weeks of flooding and more than 4m people are now without homes, the UN said on Thursday, making the critical task of securing greater amounts of aid more urgent.
Mr Zardari, who triggered criticism when he went ahead with visits to meet British and French leaders and when he spent time at a family property in France as the catastrophe unfolded, defended the government's response.
'I have my own reasons for being where I was and at what time' Mr Zardari said.
'This is a long-term situation and one has to have the capacity to sustain yourself for three years, or even more, and not exhaust yourself immediately.'
Mr Zardari, head of the ruling Pakistan People's Party, was quoted as saying he welcomed the $800m raised from international donors, during a time of tough economic conditions.
