The Taoiseach is appealing for calm amid tensions with the UK over immigrants.
Legislation is being brought to Cabinet on Tuesday morning to return asylum seekers who cross the border from Northern Ireland, back to the UK.
The proposals are intended to get past a High Court judgement that Britain was no longer safe for refugees because of the controversial Rwanda Bill.
But Taoiseach Simon Harris says it’s just underpinning what’s already in place.
"There is a need for a sense of calm here, and there's a sense of just a need for everyone to take a deep breath, and just be very factual about what's happening here.
"[I'm] conscious of elections, conscious of what people say, [and] all of that.
"But at the end of the day, there's an agreement in place between Britain and Ireland, since 2020".
The Justice Minister insists relations with the UK remain strong despite the British Prime Minister saying they won’t accept refugees that are returned.
Minister Helen McEntee says the gap in the laws has to be fixed.
"We cannot have a loophole or a system where we cannot effectively return people.
"Despite comments that have been made, this arrangement is already in place.
"We have been working with the UK and I look forward to continuing working with the UK to making sure that we prevent any type of abuses of the common travel area".
