The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 14 (Paul Bradford, Fergal Browne, Ulick Burke, Paul Coghlan, Noel Coonan, Maurice Cummins, Michael Finucane, Brian Hayes, Michael McCarthy, Derek McDowell, Joe McHugh, David Norris, Kathleen O'Meara, John Paul Phelan)

Against the motion: 29 (Eddie Bohan, Michael Brennan, Margaret Cox, Brendan Daly, John Dardis, Timmy Dooley, Liam Fitzgerald, John Gerard Hanafin, Brendan Kenneally, Tony Kett, Michael Kitt, Terry Leyden, Don Lydon, Martin Mansergh, John Minihan, Paschal Mooney, Tom Morrissey, Pat Moylan, Francis O'Brien, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Mary O'Rourke, Ann Ormonde, Kieran Phelan, Feargal Quinn, Shane Ross, Eamon Scanlon, Jim Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Tellers: Tá, Senators U. Burke and O'Meara; Níl, Senators Minihan and Moylan.