The Dublin SPCA is to host a debate on how to deal with the capital's one million stray cats. Dublin has a feral cat crisis, according to the organisation.
The meeting, to be held on Saturday night, is expected to be a heated debate between various groups about who should be responsible for attempting to control the feline population.
The DSPCA's education officer, Ms Gillian Bird, said: "Each summer female wild cats can have reproduced up to 36 times. The fact is that the situation is a crisis one, and nothing is happening to control it.
"We have been campaigning with the Government, but they have simply said they have no money to do anything. We used to come out to collect cats when people would ring us, but we stopped doing it a few years ago because we just cannot afford it. Now all we can do is offer advice to householders who find themselves sharing their garden with a growing family of moggies."
The welfare group is hoping to build up support from interested parties to lobby the Government to tackle the problem.
"As a first step towards finding a solution to the feral cat problem in Dublin, the Dublin SPCA would like to invite all interested parties, organisations, societies and cat welfare groups to an informal meeting at the Dublin SPCA's premises on Mount Venus Road in Rathfarnham," said Ms Bird.