NPHET will meet later to discuss nursing home visits and if there can be a 'vaccine bonus' for residents in the coming weeks.

Any measures will likely form part of new recommendations to government ahead of the expected easing of restrictions in April.

It comes as a further 631 new Covid-19 cases have been reported, along with 47 deaths - 14 of which occurred this month.

Of the 631 new cases, there were 19 in Galway, 9 in Mayo, and less than 5 on both Roscommon and Sligo, with no new cases reported in Leitrim.