The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 31 (Eddie Bohan, Cyprian Brady, Michael Brennan, Peter Callanan, Margaret Cox, Brendan Daly, Timmy Dooley, Geraldine Feeney, Liam Fitzgerald, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Brendan Kenneally, Tony Kett, Michael Kitt, Terry Leyden, Don Lydon, Martin Mansergh, John Minihan, Tom Morrissey, Pat Moylan, Francis O'Brien, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Ann Ormonde, Mary O'Rourke, Joe O'Toole, Kieran Phelan, Shane Ross, Eamon Scanlon, Jim Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Against the motion: 14 (James Bannon, Paul Bradford, Fergal Browne, Ulick Burke, Paul Coghlan, Maurice Cummins, Frank Feighan, Michael Finucane, Brian Hayes, Michael McCarthy, Derek McDowell, Joe McHugh, Kathleen O'Meara, Kieran Phelan)

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

Question declared carried.