Several of the country's 31 local authorities will hold special meetings next month to hear from potential presidential candidates seeking their backing.
Dublin City Council and Kildare County Council have already pencilled in dates, but these meetings will not be formally scheduled until the date for the election is set.
This will happen when Minister for Housing James Browne makes the Presidential Election Order, which sets out the polling day and the deadline for nominations.
There is an expectation that this could happen later this week or early next week in order to facilitate an election in late October.
Chairperson of Kildare County Council Councillor Carmel Kelly said the Kildare local authority will have one or possibly two meetings to hear from potential candidates.
The meetings are likely to happen in mid-September.
Other sources are indicating a potential timetable of 8 - 22 September for councils to meet.
It is understood Dublin City Council has pencilled in 15 September for such a meeting, but the date will not be confirmed until the Presidential Election Order is made.
In 2018, four candidates secured the backing of the minimum four local authorities to run in the Presidential Election - Gavin Duffy, Joan Freeman, Peter Casey and Seán Gallagher.
However, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael did not run candidates in 2018 leaving their councillors to back independents.
Speaking privately, some councillors from those parties have said they would expect to be told to back their own party candidate.
Both Gareth Sheridan and Nick Delehanty have said they are actively courting the support of councillors across the country.
A spokesperson for Mr Sheridan said they believed they had support from Laois and Tipperary county councils.
While Mr Delehanty said he had also been meeting councillors to make his pitch after launching his bid to run for the presidency.
Others are also still trying to get on the ballot paper, including Independent Senator Aubrey McCarthy, businessman Declan Ganley and former candidate Peter Casey.
Meanwhile Independent Presidential Election candidate Catherine Connolly said Sinn Féin's internal process to finalise its approach to the election is taking a little longer that she had hoped but she respects it.
The TD said that on the ground, the support from ordinary members of Sinn Féin has been very positive.
Ms Connolly said she made it clear to Opposition parties that she would love their help.
A senior Sinn Féin TD has said his party will make a decision over whether to run a presidential candidate "in the coming weeks", saying "right now I'm undecided" on what the party should do.
Speaking to reporters at Leinster House, Cavan-Monaghan TD Matt Carthy again declined to confirm if the party will compete in the race for the Áras.
With the Presidential Election vote date likely to be within the next two months, speculation is intensifying over what both Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil - the two biggest political parties yet to outline their plans - will do.
However, asked when Sinn Féin will make a decision, Mr Carthy only said this will take place "in the coming weeks" and that the party has the choice of either running a candidate or not running a candidate.
Mr Carthy suggested the interest in whether his party will seek to win the highest political position in the country or not was a "silly season" story and did not directly respond to a question over whether Sinn Féin is waiting to see what Fianna Fáil will do before making a decision.
Mr Carthy was also asked if Sinn Féin could support Independent left-leaning candidate Catherine Connolly as she has discussed the possibility of a united Ireland, he said he welcomes any candidate which holds this view.
Delehanty launches campaign
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At the launch of his presidential campaign, Independent candidate Nick Delehanty said there is a pathway for him to get on the ballot paper which requires the support of four councils.
The Tipperary-born former solicitor, who unsuccessfully ran in the local and general elections in Dublin, spoke of a political crisis.
He said that he wanted the Government to succeed but believes that the concept of a rotating Taoiseach is undermining the role, however he conceded it was not unconstitutional.
Mr Delehanty said he had built up a following due to his honest and rigorous examination of Government policies and documents.
He repeatedly emphasised the importance of "fidelity to the nation" as set out in the Constitution.
Mr Delehanty stated that while he does not advocate multi-culturalism, he does believe in multi-ethnicity and said his views align with those of the Danish Social Democrats.
He promised to bring a "radical candour" to the office of the President saying the role had influence, access and resources.
'Robust' process to find FF candidate
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Earlier, Fianna Fáil MEP Billy Kelleher said he has "not given any personal thought" to a potential Presidential Election campaign.
Mr Kelleher called for his party to put what he describes as a "robust" process in place to identify a potential candidate.
"I haven't given us any personal thought myself. People did approach me some time ago, particularly some parliamentary colleges, just saying would I consider it," he said.
Speaking on RTÉ's Today with Claire Byrne, he said: "Lots of names were being discussed at the time, in terms of MEPs across various political parties and people did approach me at the time, but I didn't give it any personal consideration or political consideration.
"I was more primarily focused on ensuring that Fianna Fáil have a healthy, robust interrogation of candidates to ensure that we could find one that would stand scrutiny in terms of a of an election campaign, but also would stand for the values that Fianna Fáil exposes as well."
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