Discussions between Sinn Féin and North security minister Shaun Woodward take place today after another night of clashes in Belfast in which a 13-month-old baby was among those injured.
A pensioner was also treated for shock after his home came under attack from petrol bombers. Four devices were thrown at the rear of the house in Alliance Avenue, occupied by the man and his wife, who are both in their 70s.
Other properties in the street were also attacked in the second night violence in the Ardoyne area involving nationalist and loyalist young people.
Earlier in the evening, three children, including a three-month-old baby, were splattered with paint after a house in Cliftondene Gardens was attacked by loyalists.
Belfast deputy mayor Pat Convery said those responsible on both sides of the divide were sinking to new lows, targeting the elderly, the sick and mothers with babies.
"This is a worrying development and one that we have to ensure does not get a grip," the SDLP councillor said. "Murder cannot be far away unless we put a stop to it now."
Stones and other missiles were also thrown at loyalist homes in Glenbryn and Twadell Avenue in Belfast. Police came under attack during two hours of rioting by two groups of up to 30 youths who clashed in the Brompton and Cranbook areas.
The disturbances erupted at around 9.30pm. Police vehicles were also pelted with a range of missiles including golf balls, paint bombs, and some petrol bombs.
Elsewhere, the PSNI have appealed for information following a sectarian arson attack on a house in Ballymoney, Co Antrim, last night.
A petrol bomb was thrown at a house in Castle Park between 10.30 and 11 p.m. The rear of the house was badly damaged. The alarm was raised at 1 a.m. when the owner returned home.
Today's meeting at the Northern Ireland Office involves Mr Woodward and Sinn Féin Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald and North Antrim MLA Philip McGuigan.
Catholic homes, churches and schools in Co Antrim have been targeted in a spate of petrol and paint bomb attacks in Ballymena, Ahoghill and Rasharkin. There have also been arson attacks in the heart of the Democratic Unionist leader Rev Ian Paisley's constituency.
Mr McGuigan said the attacks "have been allowed to become the norm because of the ambivalence of many unionist political representatives".
The Rev Paisley has condemned the violence attacks and his son, Ian Paisley Jnr, who is also a member of Northern Ireland's Policing Board, challenged Ms McDonald to publicly support police efforts to stop the attacks.
SDLP leader Mark Durkan has also accused the Ulster Defence Association of orchestrating the violence in north Antrim and has demanded action.
Sinn Féin has called on politicians and the public to attend a rally later today outside the GPO in Dublin's O'Connell Street in support of Catholics and nationalists.
During visits to North Antrim and east Belfast, Ms McDonald last night insisted the Government needed to intervene in the face of a sectarian attacks against nationalist and Catholic families.
Additional reporting PA