Former RTÉ News broadcaster Bryan Dobson is to chair the new State Commemorations Advisory Committee.
The announcement was made this afternoon by Minister for Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport Patrick O'Donovan.
The committee is tasked with maintaining an inclusive, respectful, and consensus-based approach to all commemorative matters.
It also includes Professor Marie Coleman, former ministers Heather Humphreys and Éamon Ó Cuív, Orlaith McBride, Professor Paul Rouse and Dr Audrey Whitty.
"The Decade of Centenaries was a period of deep historical and national significance. As Minister, I am proud of how we, as a nation, commemorated that complex and formative chapter always with respect, sensitivity, and scholarly integrity.
"Today, we build on that legacy by establishing a new Commemorations Advisory Committee to guide future commemorative efforts," Minister O'Donovan said.
The minister and some committee members met in the new headquarters of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to view a recent acquisition by the State.
The typed document is a signed agreement between Éamon de Valera, Austin Stack, Arthur Griffith, and Michael Collins that aimed to address the immediate political crisis arising from the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
The agreement was drafted and signed at the extraordinary Ard Fheis of Sinn Féin, held on 21-22 February 1922, at the Mansion House in Dublin.
Some 3,000 delegates from all over Ireland attended to interpret the constitution of Sinn Féin considering the treaty and to decide the party's policy for the upcoming elections.
The document will be available on the National Archives website for researchers to access.
A related item, Michael Collin’s Memorial Card, was also shared with the minister and the committee.
