The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 14 (James Bannon, Paul Bradford, Ulick Burke, Paul Coghlan, Noel Coonan, Maurice Cummins, Frank Feighan, Michael Finucane, Brian Hayes, Michael McCarthy, Joe McHugh, Kathleen O'Meara, Joe O'Toole, Sheila Terry)

Against the motion: 25 (Eddie Bohan, Cyprian Brady, Michael Brennan, Peter Callanan, Brendan Daly, John Dardis, Timmy Dooley, Liam Fitzgerald, Camillus Glynn, Brendan Kenneally, Tony Kett, Marc MacSharry, John Minihan, Paschal Mooney, Tom Morrissey, Pat Moylan, Francis O'Brien, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Ann Ormonde, Mary O'Rourke, Kieran Phelan, Eamon Scanlon, Kate Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

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