200 self-isolation bedrooms have been announced for asylum-seekers to allow them practice social-distancing.
They're single bedrooms in Cork, Limerick and Dundalk, and are additional to the 650 announced last week.
There have been concerns about the cramped conditions in direct-provision centres during the pandemic.
Nick Henderson, the chief executive of the Irish Refugee Council, says more still needs to be done.
"There's still concerns about situations with healthcare workers who are doing great work at hospitals and nursing homes who also have to return to direct provision centres.
"We also have ongoing concerns about direct provision generally - in a congregated setting such as direct provision social distancing is very difficult, if not impossible to do."
