A small group of Afghan refugees will arrive into Dublin this evening.
They will be the first to arrive here since the Taliban took over the country.
The government has agreed to take in just over 200 Afghan refugees under the International Refugee Protection Programme, and is looking into ways of increasing that number.
Tens of thousands of Afghans are still gathered at the perimeter of Kabul airport, trying to escape Taliban rule.
Minister for Integration Roderic O'Gorman says work is ongoing to see if it's possible to increase the number of people Ireland takes.
The UK Independent's Middle East Correspondent Patrick Cockburn says these refugees are fleeing the Taliban and abject poverty.
US President Joe Biden has suggested the deadline for removing US troops, which is next Tuesday, could be extended.
But Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen says that's not an option.
World leaders are due to meet to discuss Afghanistan further tomorrow.
