A special expert group is to be set up to consider how to tackle the scourge of knife crime in communities.
The Department of Justice is planning to establish a subgroup of the anti-social behaviour forum.
Gardai have already seized over 1,000 knives this year.
Stats also show 44% of seizures from 2005 to 2019 in Ireland were from those aged between 12-23.
At least 1,057 people have been charged with knife crimes in 2021, on top of 2,286 people in 2020.
Fine Gael's Neale Richmond, who has been calling for a response to the issue, welcomed the news.
The Dublin Rathdown TD is now urging the new forum to follow the Scottish example and implement programmes.
He said: "It is vital that the subgroup will work quickly to develop plans and look at what’s being done in Scotland to tackle knife crime at source.
"Programmes such as knife amnesties, mentorships, education programmes in schools, youth diversion services and youth training programmes have had huge success in Scotland where they saw homicides reduce by more than half.
“The aim of the forum is to consider the effectiveness of existing legislation and propose new ways to tackle the issue, including new powers for An Garda Síochána and additional interventions to support parenting of offenders.
“We have, in Scotland, a clear plan for how we can tackle knife crime, not just as a criminal justice issue but as a public health issue."
Fianna Fail's Jim O'Callaghan previously called for increased sentencing.
As it stands, people can get a maximum sentence of five years and/or a fine for carrying a knife intended to cause harm.
O’Callaghan’s 2019 Bill would have upped the maximum term to ten years but the Department of Justice shelved it.
Abdul Raguragui has repeatedly called for action after losing his son Azzam in May 2019.
Speaking to us earlier this month, he said: "We are in a very bad situation. We have to take action, otherwise we're going to lose more and more lives."
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