The Seanad Divided:

For the motion: 11 (Paul Bradford, Ciarán Cannon, Paul Coghlan, Maurice Cummins, Paschal Donohoe, Frances Fitzgerald, Dominic Hannigan, David Norris, Joe O'Reilly, Brendan Ryan, Alex White)

Against the motion: 23 (Dan Boyle, Martin Brady, Larry Butler, Ivor Callely, James Carroll, John Carty, Donie Cassidy, Maria Corrigan, Mark Daly, Mark Dearey, John Ellis, Geraldine Feeney, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Cecilia Keaveney, Terry Leyden, Niall Ó Brolcháin, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Fiona O'Malley, Ann Ormonde, Shane Ross, Jim Walsh, Diarmuid Wilson)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Dominic Hannigan and Brendan Ryan; Níl, Senators Niall Ó Brolcháin and Diarmuid Wilson.

Amendment declared lost