The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 13 (Paul Bradford, Fergal Browne, Paddy Burke, Ulick Burke, Paul Coghlan, Frank Feighan, Michael Finucane, Brian Hayes, Derek McDowell, Joe McHugh, Shane Ross, Sheila Terry, Joanna Tuffy)

Against the motion: 28 (Eddie Bohan, Cyprian Brady, Michael Brennan, Peter Callanan, Margaret Cox, Brendan Daly, John Dardis, Timmy Dooley, Geraldine Feeney, Liam Fitzgerald, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Mary Henry, Brendan Kenneally, Tony Kett, Marc MacSharry, Martin Mansergh, John Minihan, Paschal Mooney, Tom Morrissey, Pat Moylan, David Norris, Francis O'Brien, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Mary O'Rourke, Eamon Scanlon, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Browne and McDowell; Níl, Senators Minihan and Moylan.