The first 31 emergency beds are to be made available today to help get homeless people off the streets of Dublin.
Last week the Government promised 200 beds would be provided before Christmas.
The new accommodation will be provided in Dublin's south inner city - in a building supplied by Focus Ireland and staffed by the Fr Peter Mc Verry Trust.
The funding is to be agreed at a Cabinet Sub-Committee meeting this afternoon, which is also expected to sign off on dozens of extra beds around the city over the coming weeks.
Father Peter Mc Verry has welcomed the Government's help - but says they've yet to provide a permanent solution to the crisis:
Niamh Randall, the spokesperson for the Simon Community, talked to Newstalk Breakfast about their ten point plan to deal with homelessness:
