Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney will travel to Hillsborough in Co Down today for discussions with Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis.
They are expected to discuss the coronavirus pandemic and efforts to find a compromise in the Brexit negotiations between the UK and the EU.
Mr Lewis is the minister who said the British government might break international law in a limited way by overriding some of the commitments it made in the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.
Since Mr Lewis was appointed in February, meetings with Mr Coveney have been rare, although they often are in telephone contact.