Gardaí across the country including Donegal will get body cams by the end of the year.
It follows a series of high-profile attacks on members in their line of work.
Locally a number of officers have been attacked.
At least two Gardai are off duty because of work-related attacks in recent months.
Antoinette Cunningham, General Secretary of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, said frontline workers need to be protected.
“We do see it as an additional form of personal protection equipment, particularly lately given the amount of assaults on our members”, she said.
“Anything that can be done to speed up the process of the introduction of body-worn cameras we certainly welcome.
“We’re significantly behind other police forces in neighbouring jurisdictions on body-worn cameras so it really is time that they were introduced for members of An Garda Síochána.
“Having called only last week for the matter to be expedited, I certainly welcome the fact that the legislation will be brought forward.”
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that he would support a request to arm Gardaí in light of recent attacks.
He also said that there is room in the budget to recruit an additional 1,000 Garda recruits in 2023.
