The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 16 (James Bannon, Paul Bradford, Fergal Browne, Paddy Burke, Ulick Burke, Paul Coghlan, Maurice Cummins, Frank Feighan, Michael Finucane, Brian Hayes, Mary Henry, Michael McCarthy, Kathleen O'Meara, Shane Ross, Brendan Ryan, Sheila Terry)

Against the motion: 23 (Eddie Bohan, Cyprian Brady, Michael Brennan, Peter Callanan, Brendan Daly, Timmy Dooley, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Brendan Kenneally, Tony Kett, Michael Kitt, Terry Leyden, Don Lydon, Marc MacSharry, Tom Morrissey, Pat Moylan, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Mary O'Rourke, Kieran Phelan, Eamon Scanlon, Jim Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

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