The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 16 (James Bannon, Paul Bradford, Fergal Browne, Ulick Burke, Paul Coghlan, Frank Feighan, Michael Finucane, Brian Hayes, Mary Henry, Michael McCarthy, Joe McHugh, David Norris, John Paul Phelan, Feargal Quinn, Shane Ross, Sheila Terry)

Against the motion: 26 (Cyprian Brady, Michael Brennan, Peter Callanan, John Dardis, Timmy Dooley, Liam Fitzgerald, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Brendan Kenneally, Tony Kett, Michael Kitt, Terry Leyden, Don Lydon, Marc MacSharry, Martin Mansergh, John Minihan, Paschal Mooney, Pat Moylan, Francis O'Brien, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Mary O'Rourke, Ann Ormonde, Eamon Scanlon, Jim Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Tellers: Tá, Senators McCarthy and Quinn; Níl, Senators Minihan and Moylan.