The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 27 (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, Tony Kett, Michael Kitt, Terry Leyden, Don Lydon, Tom Morrissey, Pat Moylan, Francis O'Brien, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Ann Ormonde, Mary O'Rourke, Kieran Phelan, Eamon Scanlon, Jim Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Against the motion: 14 (James Bannon, Paul Bradford, Ulick Burke, Paul Coghlan, Maurice Cummins, Frank Feighan, Michael Finucane, Maurice Hayes, Mary Henry, Joe McHugh, Kathleen O'Meara, Joe O'Toole, John Paul Phelan, Sheila Terry)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Dardis and Moylan; Níl, Senators U. Burke and McHugh.

Question declared carried.