The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 19 (Eddie Bohan, Cyprian Brady, Michael Brennan, John Dardis, Geraldine Feeney, Liam Fitzgerald, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Tony Kett, Terry Leyden, Don Lydon, Martin Mansergh, Paschal Mooney, Tom Morrissey, Pat Moylan, Ann Ormonde, Kieran Phelan, Jim Walsh, Diarmuid Wilson)

Against the motion: 7 (Michael Finucane, Mary Henry, David Norris, Joe O'Toole, Shane Ross, Sheila Terry, Joanna Tuffy)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Morrissey and Moylan; Níl, Senators Finucane and O'Toole.

Question declared carried.