The Cabinet will discuss removing 1 and 2 cent coins from circulation this morning.
The Central Bank wants to round all cash transactions to the nearest 5 cent - after a successful trial run in Wexford.
Five EU members have already dropped the 1 and 2 cent coins - which cost more to mint than they're worth.
Norma Smurfit is an organiser of Change for Charity - which is delighted by the news.
She hopes if the small coppers are phased out - that people will donate them to charity bins in banks across the country:
