A decision will be made next Tuesday.
A leading infectious diseases consultant is calling for the extension of the use of Covid vaccine passports beyond next Friday.
They're due to be abolished on October 22nd, when nightclubs are due to reopen.
But the government will make a final decision on Tuesday about whether to change the plan, due to the worsening Covid situation.
Professor Cliona Ni Cheallaigh, from St James's Hospital in Dublin, believes the use of vaccine passports should continue.
She believes it gives vaccinated people more peace of mind that those around them in restaurants, for example, are vaccinated.
Meanwhile, the HSE's chief operations officer says rising Covid hospitalisations are placing a 'significant burden' on the health service.
408 patients are in public hospitals with the virus, which is a 44 per cent increase on two weeks ago.
There are an average of 50 Covid admissions a day at the moment. That's compared to 35 at the end of September.
And the 14-day incidence rate of Covid is rising across all age groups, as 1,627 new cases were reported yesterday.
