| Watkins suffered from a dead leg during the victory over Scotland at the Millennium Stadium, but has returned to full fitness as Johnson prepares his side to travel to Ireland in the RBS Six Nations clash on Sunday.
However, Ospreys wing Shane Williams, who suffered a similar dead leg injury, has yet to return to full training and Dragons fly-half Ceri Sweeney (groin) has been ruled out by the Wales medical team for selection against Ireland.
"Matthew is taking a full part in training, but Shane will not get fully involved for a further couple of days," said Wales team physio Mark Davies.
"Ceri (Sweeney) is almost 3 weeks down the road to recovery from his groin injury, but is also unable to participate in full team training at the moment and he has been ruled out for the weekend's match."
While Johnson waits on Williams and will consult team doctors tomorrow morning over captain Gareth Thomas' migraine he has also been boosted by Ospreys centre Gavin Henson's return to the national squad after a ban.
Thomas suffered a severe migraine on Sunday night and was forced to visit the Princess of Wales hospital in Bridgend.
"Following examination on Sunday night Gareth was allowed home to rest," said Wales team doctor, professor John Williams.
"He was assessed by the Wales medical team this morning (Monday) and is continuing to rest at home for the remainder of the day, "His progress is being monitored and he will be reviewed again in the morning."
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