The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 26 (Eddie Bohan, Cyprian Brady, Michael Brennan, Peter Callanan, Margaret Cox, Brendan Daly, John Dardis, Timmy Dooley, Geraldine Feeney, Liam Fitzgerald, Camillus Glynn, Michael Kitt, Terry Leyden, Don Lydon, Martin Mansergh, John Minihan, Paschal Mooney, Pat Moylan, Francis O'Brien, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Mary O'Rourke, Ann Ormonde, Kieran Phelan, Eamon Scanlon, Jim Walsh, Mary White)

Against the motion: 16 (James Bannon, Paul Bradford, Fergal Browne, Ulick Burke, Noel Coonan, Frank Feighan, Michael Finucane, Brian Hayes, Michael McCarthy, Derek McDowell, Joe McHugh, Kathleen O'Meara, Joe O'Toole, John Paul Phelan, Shane Ross, Brendan Ryan)

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

Question declared carried.