The Cabinet sub-committee on Covid-19 will consider plans to reopen the country after the latest lockdown today.
Schools are expected to return on a phased basis from March 1st, while Level 5 restrictions are expected to be extended beyond March 5th.
679 new cases of Covid-19 have been detected here, while one more death was announced last night.
The national 14-day incidence rate of the disease is 243, which is the lowest it's been since December 21st.
DCU Professor Anthony Staines says the discovery of the Brazilian variant here shows the need for mandatory quarantine hotels:
The Covid-19 incidence rate in County Monaghan continues to fall.
The county has the fourth highest rate in the Ireland, having been the highest from the end of December until this weekend.
There were 202 new cases there in the past 14 days, leaving an incidence rate of 329.1.
Cavan has remained steady with a rate just above the national average.
Since Thursday, the incidence rate has stayed between 260 and 270 cases per 100,000 population.
The county has 203 cases in the last fortnight, with the rate standing at 266.5 last night.
