The Justice Minister will brief Ministers on the nature of the terror threat facing Ireland at Cabinet this morning.

The meeting comes ahead of the first Dáil session of the year - with job creation and childcare costs also up for discussion.

The Justice Minister will brief her colleagues on the nature of the threat to Ireland from terror groups - after last weekÂ’s attacks in France and the threat at the Intel plant in Co Kildare - made by a caller claiming to be from the Islamic State.

It's reported today that Gardai have taken DNA samples from a pay phone in Balbriggan in North Dublin as part of the investigation.

Frances Fitzgerald has been briefed on Garda intelligence - and has already held meetings with the Taoiseach and Foreign Affairs minister on the matter.

Also on a busy Cabinet agenda are the GovernmentÂ’s target of creating 40-thousand new jobs this year - with a new Action Plan on Jobs a possibility - while new measures to reduce IrelandÂ’s childcare costs - now described as the highest in the world - as well discussions on a new climate change bill are also on the table.