The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 12 (James Bannon, Fergal Browne, Ulick Burke, Noel Coonan, Michael Finucane, Mary Henry, Derek McDowell, David Norris, Joe O'Toole, John Paul Phelan, Feargal Quinn, Joanna Tuffy)

Against the motion: 27 (Eddie Bohan, Cyprian Brady, Michael Brennan, Margaret Cox, John Dardis, Timmy Dooley, Geraldine Feeney, Liam Fitzgerald, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Terry Leyden, Don Lydon, Marc MacSharry, Martin Mansergh, John Minihan, Paschal Mooney, Tom Morrissey, Pat Moylan, Francis O'Brien, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Mary O'Rourke, Ann Ormonde, Kieran Phelan, Eamon Scanlon, Jim Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Browne and O'Toole; Níl, Senators Minihan and Moylan.