The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 23 (Eddie Bohan, Cyprian Brady, Peter Callanan, Brendan Daly, John Dardis, Timmy Dooley, Geraldine Feeney, Liam Fitzgerald, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Maurice Hayes, Brendan Kenneally, Tony Kett, Terry Leyden, John Minihan, Tom Morrissey, Pat Moylan, Francis O'Brien, Mary O'Rourke, Kieran Phelan, Jim Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Against the motion: 17 (James Bannon, Paul Bradford, Fergal Browne, Paddy Burke, Ulick Burke, Paul Coghlan, Frank Feighan, Brian Hayes, Michael McCarthy, Derek McDowell, Kathleen O'Meara, Joe O'Toole, John Paul Phelan, Shane Ross, Brendan Ryan, Sheila Terry, Joanna Tuffy)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Minihan and Moylan; Níl, Senators U. Burke and Ryan.