The new Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying will be established by mid-April and could meet in public by late May.
It is understood that the special committee will be established on 19 April, when the Oireachtas returns after the Easter break.
The committee will examine the contentious issue of whether assisted dying should be introduced in Ireland.
It will be tasked to carry out an in-depth study of the issues and it can recommend legislative changes.
Specifically, it will explore how assisted dying might operate in Ireland and examine what safeguards would need to be put in place.
Politicians will look too at the constitutional, legal and ethical issues involved and will seek to identify any possible unintended consequences.
The terms of reference state that the committee will consider all "relevant considerations arising from the provision of a statutory right to provide assistance to a person to end their life and the statutory right to receive such assistance".
It will aim to complete its work within nine months of its first public meeting, which could happen next month.
One of the committee members Gino Kenny said he was "happy" that the Committee is finally getting up and running.
However, he noted that it was two years on from the recommendation from the Justice Committee.
He said: "Delaying it thus far has done a disservice to a public debate on the issue."
Last week, five senators were selected to sit on the Committee.
They are - Independents Lynn Ruane and Rónán Mullen; Labour's Annie Hoey; Fianna Fáil's Fiona O'Loughlin; and Fine Gael's Mary Seery Kearney.
The Dáil had already chosen its members for the committee.
The Government TDs are: Patrick Costello of the Green Party; Alan Farrell and Emer Higgins of Fine Gael; and John Lahart and Robert Troy of Fianna Fáil.
The Opposition deputies are Sinn Féin's Sorca Clarke and Pa Daly, along with Gino Kenny of People Before Profit.
The chair of the committee will be Independent TD for Kerry Michael Healy-Rae.
