The Taoiseach is set to ask president Michael D Higgins to the Dail fter arriving at Aras an Uachtarain today.
Speculation has been ongoing as to when the Leo Varadkar might call a General Election.
Earlier the Mr Varadkar revealed that he had decided on a time for the election but remained tight lipped about an exact date.
But it has been widely tipped an election will in early February.
The cabinet is believed to have been told February 8th.
Speaking to Pat Kenny on Newstalk this morning Fianna Fail leader said of the election: "It's on and it will be on in February" adding that the Taoiseach "needs to get on with it" and name a date.
The Taoiseach initially wanted a summer election but, speaking on RTE Radio One last week, he acknowledged “circumstances have changed”.
Mr Varadkar added: “We have a deal on Brexit. In many ways that was the big job of this Government, our magnum opus to secure a deal on Brexit.
“We have the institutions up and running in Northern Ireland which the Tanaiste and I have put a huge amount of work into, particularly the Tanaiste. And also the arithmetic in the Dail has changed and that’s the reality of that.”
Fine Gael’s confidence and supply arrangement with Fianna Fail, which has sustained the Government since 2016, has come under growing pressure amid concern over the healthcare crisis and rows over expenses and voting practices in the Dail.
