A number of local authorities will gather today to hear from potential presidential candidates.
Gareth Sheridan will be among those addressing county councils in Wicklow and Tipperary.
Mr Sheridan has already secured Kerry County Council's nomination in his bid to contest the Presidential Election.
Mr Sheridan, a businessman and entrepreneur, still requires a nomination from three more local authorities to have his name on the ballot paper on 24 October.
Presidential candidates Catherine Connolly, Jim Gavin and former government minister Heather Humphreys will pitch themselves to midlands voters today at the National Ploughing Championships.
Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said Mr Gavin was approached by the party and "gave it great thought" before deciding whether to run.
"He (Jim Gavin) really deliberated on this, thought about it and said he was up for it and wanted to run."
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, the Taoiseach added that in his opinion, Mr Gavin had the depth and breadth of experience to be a strong presidential candidate.
"My own sense was he had the breadth and the depth to be a very serious candidate.
"I'm somewhat struck that people seem to think nowadays that you have to have party political experience to be a candidate for the presidency.
"That's a new development, really, in a sense, because that would restrict the presidency to just one cohort and category of people.
"I actually think that he has very significant experience that covers all the various capacities that are required to be president.
"I think, above all, he will be an active president."
Yesterday, six local authorities made the decision not to nominate a candidate in the upcoming Presidential Election.
Dublin, Cork and Galway city councils were joined by Laois, Roscommon and Longford county councils, choosing not to endorse any of the prospective candidates.
As it stands, Nick Delehanty and Maria Steen appear to be making no detectable progress in their efforts to enter the presidential election race.
Former MMA fighter Conor McGregor withdrew his name from the contest yesterday.
To be eligible to run, a candidate must be nominated either by 20 members of the Oireachtas or four local authorities.
They must also be an Irish citizen over the age of 35.
