The Justice Minister says he hopes to introduce new laws to make people more aware if a sex offender is living in their area.
However, Charlie Flanagan said it won't be as open as the disclosure scheme in England and Wales, called Sarah's Law.
That allows anyone to formally ask the police if someone with access to a child has a record for child sexual offences.
Here, a new report from Sex Offender Risk Assessment and Management (SORAM) released this week revealed there are 43 offenders at 'high' or 'very high' risk of re-offending living in the community.
Speaking today on The Hard Shoulder, Minister Flanagan says he wants to tighten up the current laws.
He observed: "What I want to see is provisions, for example, to allow for fingerprinting... to allow for up-to-date photographs of offenders, so that an identity could be confirmed.
"I would intend that we would have an element of disclosure - but that would be only made available to a very small number of people."
He pointed to the likes of a school principal or community leader as those who might have some access to such disclosures.
He added: "It mightn't necessarily be as open as allowing [someone] to ring up An Garda Síochana and check a register... but I do want to tighten up the current regime.
"I want to frame it in law so it will be clear and transparent - my goal of course being to correct communities."
He stressed he doesn't want to see a repeat of what has happened in other jurisdictions, such as the emergence of "vigilante regimes".
