The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 59 (Michael Ahern, Noel Ahern, Niall Blaney, Johnny Brady, Martin Brady, Séamus Brennan, John Browne, Joe Callanan, Ivor Callely, John Carty, Michael J Collins, Beverley Flynn, Mary Coughlan, Brian Cowen, John Cregan, John Curran, Tony Dempsey, John Dennehy, Jimmy Devins, John Ellis, Michael Finneran, Dermot Fitzpatrick, Mildred Fox, Jim Glennon, Noel Grealish, Seán Haughey, Joe Jacob, Cecilia Keaveney, Billy Kelleher, Peter Kelly, Tony Killeen, Tom Kitt, Conor Lenihan, Tom McEllistrim, John McGuinness, John Moloney, Donal Moynihan, Michael Moynihan, Michael Mulcahy, M J Nolan, Charlie O'Connor, Willie O'Dea, Liz O'Donnell, Noel O'Flynn, Batt O'Keeffe, Fiona O'Malley, Tim O'Malley, Tom Parlon, Peter Power, Seán Power, Dick Roche, Mae Sexton, Brendan Smith, Michael Smith, Noel Treacy, Dan Wallace, Joe Walsh, Ollie Wilkinson, G V Wright)

Against the motion: 42 (Bernard Allen, Dan Boyle, Pat Breen, Tommy Broughan, Joan Burton, Simon Coveney, Seán Crowe, John Deasy, Jimmy Deenihan, Bernard Durkan, Eamon Gilmore, Paul Gogarty, John Gormley, Tom Hayes, Séamus Healy, Joe Higgins, Brendan Howlin, Paul Kehoe, Pádraic McCormack, Dinny McGinley, Paddy McHugh, Liz McManus, Arthur Morgan, Denis Naughten, Dan Neville, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Fergus O'Dowd, Jim O'Keeffe, Brian O'Shea, Séamus Pattison, John Perry, Pat Rabbitte, Michael Ring, Eamon Ryan, Seán Ryan, Róisín Shortall, Emmet Stagg, David Stanton, Billy Timmins, Liam Twomey, Mary Upton, Jack Wall)

Tellers: Tá, Deputies Kitt and Kelleher; Níl, Deputies Kehoe and Stagg.

Question declared carried.

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