Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has confirmed that the Government intends to hold two referenda in early March on gender equality.
Speaking in the Dáil he said he would be able to provide wording of the referenda next Tuesday.
It comes after Labour leader Ivana Bacik earlier called on the Government to quickly clarify the wording of the upcoming gender equality referendum.
Ms Bacik expressed concern that the proposal will be far more restrictive than what was recommended by the Citizens' Assembly.
She said there must be a recognition of "care" both inside and outside the home in any proposal along with a more inclusive definition of family.
The Government is set to approve the referendum proposal at next week's Cabinet meeting.
It is expected that there will be two referendum questions, one will remove the reference to women's place in the home and recognise the importance of "care".
The second question will broaden the definition of family.
Two years ago the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality recommended that a new clause was inserted into the Constitution to refer explicitly to gender equality and non-discrimination.
It called for the deletion of Article 41.2 with language that is not gender specific and obliges the State to take reasonable measures to support care within the home and wider community.
Article 41.2 of the Constitution says that the State recognises that by her life within the home, woman gives to the State a support without which the common good cannot be achieved.
It adds that the State shall, therefore, endeavour to ensure that mothers shall not be obliged by economic necessity to engage in labour to the neglect of their duties in the home.
The Citizens' Assembly also called for Article 41 to be amended so that it would protect private and family life, with the protection afforded to the family not limited to the marital family.
Speaking on RTÉ's Six One News, UL Constitutional Law lecturer Dr Laura Cahilane explained that the reason the article was originally included was to recognise the importance of the role of mothers in terms of the care and support that they provide in the home.
"The idea was that women would not be forced to work outside of the home due to financial reasons," she said.
She added: "There seems to have been an idea originally that this was about the protection of women and benefit for women but that’s something that never came about due to the vague language in the provision.
"Clearly the language is very paternalistic and outdated and that needs to be removed from the Constitution.
"But there was a proposal in 2018 to simply remove it and not replace it with anything, but carers organisations pointed out that there is a value in having care recognised in the Constitution."
