The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 14 (James Bannon, Paul Bradford, Fergal Browne, Paddy Burke, Ulick Burke, Paul Coghlan, Brian Hayes, Michael McCarthy, Joe McHugh, David Norris, Kathleen O'Meara, John Paul Phelan, Feargal Quinn, Joanna Tuffy)

Against 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, Brendan Kenneally, Tony Kett, Michael Kitt, Terry Leyden, Don Lydon, John Minihan, Paschal Mooney, Tom Morrissey, Pat Moylan, Francis O'Brien, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Mary O'Rourke, Kieran Phelan, Eamon Scanlon, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

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