The first meeting of the new Commonage Implementation Committee takes place later.
The Minister for Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has said the committee will play a key role in assisting commonage owners as they make the transition to a new Common Agricultural Policy.
It is chaired by Joe Healy, a former president of Macra na Feirme and a livestock farmer from Galway.
Two Department of Agriculture officials are also on the committee along with two technical experts - one from Teagasc and one from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.