The Cabinet is to discuss the Ebola crisis today, amid concern over how prepared Ireland is to deal with the virus.
All Ministers - including Health Minister Varadkar - will update the Cabinet as to their own specific areas of responsibility.
The HSE insists Ireland is prepared for any outbreak of the disease - but there is growing unease among GPs.
Meanwhile, Britain has followed in the footsteps of America and has decided to introduce screening at Heathrow and Gatwick airports as well as at the Eurostar railway terminal.
It comes as the World Health Organisation is warning that the spread of Ebola into Europe is "unavoidable".
But Chair of the Public Health England's Advisory Board, Professor David Heymann, says people shouldn't panic.
