Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys confirmed that she will sign regulations to ensure the welfare payments of those accommodating Ukrainian people in their homes will not be affected.
"For example, a pensioner who has received a loan allowance and also the fuel allowance. And so they take a Ukrainian into their house. It will not affect their social welfare payments," she said.
"That's something that I know that had been raised by a number of older people that are concerned that the payments will be reduced, but that will not be the case. And I will be signing regulations in this regard and I'll publish them very shortly," she added.
Ms Humphreys spoke about the importance also of Ukrainians who have fled the war to integrate into society as soon as possible.
"We need to get them settled in and then of course, a lot of them will actually move into jobs. So we want to integrate them into society as quickly as possible."
She said many employers have said to her they can offer jobs.
"They said they have accommodation and they have jobs for people. So I think it's a matter of getting them settled and then matching skillsets to jobs that are available out there.
It comes after many elderly people expressed concern that their Living Alone Allowance might be cut if people from Ukraine moved into their homes.
Separately, Minister Humphreys said her department remains focused on providing a number of supports to Ukrainians who arrive here and ensuring that Ireland is a "home from home" for them.
Speaking at a press conference earlier she said the latest figures show that 7,326 people arriving from Ukraine have been issued with PPS numbers.
She said 88% of those issued with PPS numbers are women and children.
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"Our focus, of course, is threefold. We're providing the people with the PPS numbers which means that they have access to many other services across the State, providing people with financial support that starts with supplementary welfare allowance and child benefit."
She said they are also putting them in contact with support centres around the country.
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe yesterday said the Government could soon consider how it might help homeowners with some of the costs involved in making their homes available.
Latest figures yesterday showed 9,762 refugees had arrived in Ireland from Ukraine in the past three weeks, with more than a third of those having arrived in the past week alone.
Meanwhile, the Tánaiste has told the Dáil that people must be realistic about what can be provided for Ukrainians arriving in Ireland.
Leo Varadkar said that over the next few weeks, the population would likely increase by 1% due to the number of people arriving here from Ukraine.
During Leaders' Questions, he told Social Democrats co-leader Róisín Shortall that providing self-catering or own door accommodation for all families cannot be done in a matter of weeks or months and that modular housing is not the straightforward solution that people are hoping for.
Asked about funding set aside for the response, Mr Varadkar said that it was not possible for Ireland to tap into the Covid-19 contingency fund as the pandemic is not over.
He also told the Dáil that whatever is spent on the Ukrainian response will likely be reoccurring over a number of years, because there will be tens of thousands of Ukrainians "with us for a long time, if not indefinitely".
He said that a budget assessment of costs is under way.
Of the 20,000 offers of accommodation from the Irish public, 4,000 are independent properties and they will be filled first.
