The future of restrictions on travel, work and movement during the Covid-19 emergency will be known later.
The National Public Health Emergency Team is likely to formally recommend an extension of the measures, due to end on Sunday, for several more weeks.
263 people in the Republic have now died after contracting Covid-19, with a further 26 patients confirmed to have lost their lives yesterday.
The total number of diagnosed cases has risen to 6,574.
Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony. Holohan says a decision will be made later today on restrictions.
"Based on some of the information available from our modelling team that will improve our ability to be able to consider that and to make a recommendation which in the first instance we'll be sharing with the Taoiseach and minister and government.
"It's two groups of issues that feed into our ongoing assessment around measures, how appropriate it is to keep them in place, and what should follow in terms of any change int hose measures, and also the length of time they should apply."
