The Minister for Justice has updated the Cabinet on plans to allow for the revoking of citizenship certificates and increasing resources for the international protection system.
Minister for Justice Helen McEntee told her Government colleagues that the revoking of citizenship would only be applied in very limited circumstances.
Under the plan, if someone who was granted citizenship in Ireland is viewed as a credible threat to the State they can have that citizenship withdrawn.
It will also be the case if they are found to have procured citizenship through fraud.
The Cabinet was told the legislation to allow for the revoking of citizenship certificates is set to be enacted before the Dáil summer recess.
Ms McEntee also outlined plans to increase fines for airlines with passengers without valid travel documents from the current maximum of €3,000 to €5,000 per passenger.
She also announced plans to bring in 400 extra IPAS staff over the next 12 months "to maintain processing times, significantly increase removals and enhance border security".
In a statement after the Cabinet meeting, Ms McEntee said: "In anticipation of the challenges ahead, my department is developing a new resourcing plan to further increase staffing, panel members and other resources to ensure the system continues to operate efficiently and effectively.
"In addition, the measures contained in the Migration and Asylum Pact will help us deal with increased numbers of applications."
She added: "I recognise the importance of this challenging issue to the Irish people, and I will continue to seek ways to ensure that our system works more efficiently. This will ensure that those who need protection are granted a permission and those that are not, are sent back home."
The EU Migration and Asylum Pact will be debated in the Dáil and Seanad this week.
Opposition parties have expressed concerns about the Pact but it is likely to be approved by both houses of the Oireachtas and the Government then plans to underpin it with new legislation.
It will include stronger border security, with more collection of fingerprints and photographs of new arrivals.
Speaking as he arrived at the Cabinet meeting, the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs said chartered flights to deport people who have not been given international protection would be a resumption of previous practice.
Mícheál Martin said what was before the Cabinet is "in many respects renewing what had been done many years ago".
"In many instances people leave of their own volition once they have not been successful," he added.
Additional reporting Colman O'Sullivan
