Justice Minister, Helen McEntee, has sought a security review for TDs, Senators and others working in the Oireachtas.
It follows what she described as "appalling scenes of violence and intimidation" at Leinster House earlier this week.
Minister McEntee has asked the Garda Commissioner for a full security review for TDs, Senators and all those who work in the Oireachtas - not just at Leinster House but around constituency offices too.
Chairs of the parliamentary parties and groupings, as well as representatives of Oireachtas staff and the media will be asked to engage with An Garda Síochána as part of the process which will be completed by the end of October.
It will complement a separate review announced earlier in the week by the Ceann Comhairle. A recent review of security for ministers resulted in extra garda protection being put in place for Ministers.
Asked if this was being considered for all TDs, Minister McEntee said she would not pre-empt the outcome of the review and nothing should be taken off the table.
"This is not the first time that the Garda Commissioner and his team will be engaging with public representatives or their offices. But the level of threat and intimidation that we saw, this sort of intimidation cannot go unchallenged," she said.
The minister said that protocols and plans will be put in place for Budget Day which takes place on 10 October "to make sure that people are not interrupted and to ensure we do not see these level of aggression escalating throughout the day. People need to be safe going about their business. Budget day is no different."
The Minister has also asked officials in her Department and the Attorney General to look at whether laws around public order offences "particularly geared towards public representatives" are strong enough.
An 'affront to representative democracy'
Public Expenditure minister Paschal Donohoe said a "sterile zone" outside Leinster House will need to be considered.
Mr Donohoe said the ease of contact between the public and the public representatives is a real feature of our democracy, but that such a measure will need to be considered.
He also said the Government will have to consider what other steps can be taken to help gardaí and allow the Dáil and Seanad to do its work.
Mr Donohoe said that life is more dangerous now for politicians and their staff and that there has been an increase in extreme behaviour by a small number of people, adding that the tone around politicians on social media has changed.
"The placement of a gallows outside Leinster House, that kind of imagery and that kind of behaviour is an affront to representative democracy and how the servants of the people try to do their work," he added.
He said gardaí had done an excellent job responding to provocation and attempts of intimidation and they were prepared for the incident with a large amount of protective equipment and fencing.
TD 'not suprised' by scenes
A Dublin TD has said she was "not surprised" by the scenes outside Leinster House.
Green Party TD for Dublin Central Neasa Hourigan said the groups involved in incidents the outside are "very organised".
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, she said in her constituency there are a number of direct provision centres where those staying there are "subject to this kind of abuse and threatening behaviour".
Ms Hourigan said the groups "know exactly what they're doing and, to me, I think it's really important that they're not protesters, they're agitators".
She said: "I think it was very telling that most people, when asked, couldn't actually articulate what it was they wanted. That's not protest. They're not highlighting an issue.
"What they're doing is agitating and they're trying to escalate situations until they get a reaction."
She called for "good intelligence gathering" to tackle types of incidents.
Ms Hourigan said that gardaí do have "a very good history in this country of policing through consent and dealing with protests, by trying to de-escalate and keep things calm".
Speaking on the same programme, the Assistant Professor in Criminal Justice at Maynooth University said that policing organised protests "can be a tricky thing".
Dr Cian Ó Conchubhair said public order policing is challenging, particularly when they are strategically moved out of the major urban centres into smaller rural villages and towns across the country.
He said: "That makes it more challenging to police because policing is less present. The main way to target this is better intelligence gathering by policing by An Garda Síochána."
