Minister for Justice Brian Lenihan is due to open a debate in the Dáil on gangland crime this morning.
Statements on Tackling Crime will be read into the record by Mr Lenihan and opposition speakers.
Mr Lenihan is expected to focus his speech on gun crime, drugs and anti-social behaviour.
The Government yesterday held a lengthy discussion on the issue at its weekly Cabinet meeting in response to an aide memoir from Mr Lenihan, seeking Ministers' views on the priorities he should set for An Garda Síochána.
Under the terms of the Garda Síochána Act, 2005, the Minister for Justice is empowered to set down the priorities for the force and Mr Lenihan has indicated his intention to do so in the near future.
The Minister for Finance, Brian Cowen, informed the Dáil last week that the Government had been discussing the issue of crime at some length during recent Cabinet meetings.
He told the Labour Party leader, Eamon Gilmore, on Thursday that a considerable amount of time had been allowed for a discussion on the issue tomorrow.
Mr Gilmore asked the Government to consider making time available in the Dáil to allow the Minister for Justice to discuss the crime situation, particularly in the light of the serious problem of gun crime and gangland shootings.