A Cabinet committee will consider proposals tomorrow to reduce supports which are given to people who flee the war in Ukraine.
It seems likely that the coalition leaders will assess the measures tomorrow night and a decision will be taken by the full Cabinet on Tuesday morning.
It is understood that, under measures being tabled by Minister Roderic O'Gorman, Ukrainian refugees will in future only receive 90 days accomodation from the State once they arrive.
Welfare payments are also expected to be reduced from the current €220 to €38.80 - the amount paid under direct provision.
Speaking on RTÉ's The Week in Politics, Minister of State James Browne said it is "expected" that the issue will be finalised by cabinet this week.
He said the measures were put in place during an emergency, but changes have occurred in the European Union and Ireland needs to move towards a more "medium-term approach".
The Minister added: "What we are seeing now is a significant increase in secondary movements of people who are already based elsewhere in the European Union coming to Ireland because the supports we are providing have now moved out of kilter with the rest of the European Union."
Sinn Féin's Mairead Farrell told the same programme that it was the right time to review the supports but added that care must be taken about the accommodation question.
The deputy said: "We do have a housing crisis and we need to make sure that it is not pushing people into rental and driving rental prices up even further."
It might not be possible for the three party leaders to meet tomorrow night as the Tánaiste Micheál Martin is attending the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels while Green Party leader Eamon Ryan is the joint-lead negotiator for the EU at the UN's climate talks.
However, government sources now think that the Tánaiste will be back in time and Minister Ryan can participate by video conference.
Speaking on RTÉ Radio yesterday, Minister Simon Coveny said Ireland is "substantially" more supportive than the vast majority other EU member states and there was, in his view, a need for an "adjustment".
The issue of supports for refugees was discussed at what was described as a "robust" Cabinet meeting at the end of October.
Speaking after that meeting, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar told RTÉ News: "We've welcomed nearly 100,000, Ukrainians to Ireland. I'm really proud that we've done that, as a country, to provide accommodation, food, shelter, health care, education, jobs, income."
"We are a country that is full of compassion but we unfortunately have limited capacity, particularly when it comes to accommodation."
He said nobody was going to be forced from accommodation.
