A Green List of countries that Irish people will be allowed to visit on holiday is set to be published on Monday.
And there is some hope for tourists looking for summer sun, as Greece and Cyprus could both be on the list, it has been reported.
But while some popular destinations are in the running, the likes of UK, France and Italy are not likely to be given the green light, the Irish Independent reports.
It comes after Taoiseach Micheal Martin explained that the list is set to be published on July 20.
He said on Wednesday: "The Government will publish a Green List on Monday 20th July. Countries which have a similar risk of infection to Ireland will be included on this list, however I want to emphasise the fact that we will continue to urge people against unnecessary foreign travel.
"This list will be kept under fortnightly review."
However there has been confusion on whether travel to the Green List countries will be formally advised against.
Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn admitted there had been some mixed messages over foreign travel, but said that there will be no additional risk in visiting certain countries.
However he reiterated that public health experts were "very firmly" saying that a number of high-risk destinations must not be visited.
He said last night: "I accept the message is confusing, but I don't think NPHET's message is confusing, which is to stay at home this year.
"I haven't seen the list, but if a country has a very similar epidemiological profile, if the disease is more or less the same as here, if people take all the precautions they need to take getting there, when they're there, on the way back and when they come back, you can't say there's an additional public health risk.
"But the vast majority of countries that people in Ireland would want to go to for non-essential travel do not have a similar epidemiological profile to ourselves, and we're very firmly saying don't go to those countries."
