The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 26 (Eddie Bohan, Cyprian Brady, Michael Brennan, Peter Callanan, Margaret Cox, Brendan Daly, Timmy Dooley, Geraldine Feeney, Liam Fitzgerald, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Tony Kett, Terry Leyden, Marc MacSharry, Martin Mansergh, John Minihan, Paschal Mooney, Tom Morrissey, Pat Moylan, Francis O'Brien, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Mary O'Rourke, Eamon Scanlon, Jim Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Against the motion: 17 (Paul Bradford, Fergal Browne, Paddy Burke, Ulick Burke, Maurice Cummins, Frank Feighan, Brian Hayes, Mary Henry, Derek McDowell, Joe McHugh, David Norris, Joe O'Toole, Feargal Quinn, Shane Ross, Brendan Ryan, Sheila Terry, Joanna Tuffy)

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

Question declared carried.