The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 20 (James Bannon, Paul Bradford, Fergal Browne, Paddy Burke, Ulick Burke, Paul Coghlan, Noel Coonan, Maurice Cummins, Frank Feighan, Michael Finucane, Brian Hayes, Michael McCarthy, Derek McDowell, Joe McHugh, David Norris, Kathleen O'Meara, John Paul Phelan, Feargal Quinn, Shane Ross, Brendan Ryan)

Against the motion: 28 (Eddie Bohan, Cyprian Brady, Michael Brennan, Peter Callanan, Margaret Cox, Brendan Daly, Timmy Dooley, Geraldine Feeney, Liam Fitzgerald, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Brendan Kenneally, Tony Kett, Michael Kitt, Terry Leyden, Marc MacSharry, Martin Mansergh, Paschal Mooney, Pat Moylan, Francis O'Brien, Mary O'Rourke, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Ann Ormonde, Kieran Phelan, Eamon Scanlon, Kate Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Coonan and Cummins; Níl, Senators Brennan and Moylan.