21 new positions for extra judges will be created under a bill going to Cabinet this morning.
While Ministers will also approve a forum which will discuss Ireland's neutrality and place in the world.
Justice Minister Simon Harris is bringing a bill based on the recommendations of the Judicial Planning Working Group which will create 21 new judges across the district, circuit and high court as well as the court of appeal.
Tánaiste and Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin is looking for approval to set up a forum on Ireland's foreign policy in the 21st century which will certainly discuss the position of Irish neutrality after the invasion of Ukraine.
He'll also ask for the Defence Forces to be allowed to send a vessel as part of an EU Security Project blocking arms from being imported into Libya.
Cabinet will approve the creation of a new child poverty unit in the Department of the Taoiseach, which will be tasked with addressing, among other things, family homelessness.
Finance Minister Michael McGrath meanwhile will update colleagues on plans to join the global corporation tax agreement and Minister Eamon Ryan will submit plans to slash VAT on solar panels in order to reduce the average cost by €1,000.
