Ireland will commit millions of euro in further aid to Gaza in the months ahead, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Harris will tell the Cabinet.
Mr Harris will inform colleagues that work is now under way on a substantial aid package from Ireland to Gaza.
The Government has already pledged an additional €6m in humanitarian aid for the people of Gaza, bringing the total figure to more than €100m since 2023.
Ireland has now joined the Emergency Coalition for the Financial Sustainability of the Palestinian Authority, a group established in response to the unprecedented financial crisis facing the authority.
This all means it is likely that Ireland will ultimately commit funding for the reconstruction of Gaza.
The Tánaiste will tell the Cabinet that developments in the Middle East in recent days mean there is "finally an opportunity to ease the immense suffering of the people of Gaza who have endured untold horrors".
Mr Harris will also say that a consignment of 1,500 tents set to be delivered to Gaza soon, includes 750 tents from Ireland's humanitarian stocks.
Speaking before the Cabinet meeting this morning, Mr Harris said that Ireland will keep an "open mind" when it comes to having a role in any potential peacekeeping plan in Gaza, but added that it is too early to make any predictions.
"I think it's too premature to determine that answer at the moment. At the moment, the depth of conflict in the Middle East is so real.
"We've only had a ceasefire for a matter of days, and we still have a very, very long way to go and maybe a lot of next steps around implementation.
"But Ireland always keeps an open mind on these issues. We are never found wanting when it comes to peacekeeping. But I do think it's too hard to predict that at the moment," Mr Harris said.
Govt to hear plan to make whole country a RPZ
Minister for Housing James Browne will seek Cabinet approval to draft the legislation which will make the entire country a rent pressure zone from next March.
The upcoming bill will, for the first time, establish a publicly accessible rent register.
The legislation will allow for the resetting of rents for new tenancies that begin on or after 1 March 2026.
New rent rates be permitted where a tenant ends the tenancy or if the landlord terminates the tenancy due to a breach of the tenant's obligations.
Landlords with up to three tenancies will be considered smaller landlords.
Mr Browne will tell the Government that there will be no tolerance for price gouging under the new legislation and it will also provide for the holding of Residential Tenancies Board hearings in public.
Separately, Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke will bring a memo to the Government on the progress his department has made to cut red tape for businesses.
He will say that all Local Enterprise Office grants schemes have been reviewed.
This has resulted in a significant reduction in the number of questions asked for each grant approval.
Mr Burke has now asked Enterprise Ireland to target a 24-hour turnaround time for application approvals.
