The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 30 (Cyprian Brady, Michael Brennan, Peter Callanan, Margaret Cox, Brendan Daly, John Dardis, Timmy Dooley, Geraldine Feeney, Liam Fitzgerald, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Brendan Kenneally, Tony Kett, Michael Kitt, Terry Leyden, Marc MacSharry, Martin Mansergh, Tom Morrissey, Pat Moylan, David Norris, Francis O'Brien, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Ann Ormonde, Mary O'Rourke, Kieran Phelan, Shane Ross, Eamon Scanlon, Kate Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Against the motion: 17 (James Bannon, Paul Bradford, Fergal Browne, Paddy Burke, Ulick Burke, Paul Coghlan, Noel Coonan, Maurice Cummins, Frank Feighan, Michael Finucane, Brian Hayes, Michael McCarthy, Joe McHugh, Kathleen O'Meara, Joe O'Toole, John Paul Phelan, Brendan Ryan)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Dardis and Moylan; Níl, Senators Cummins and Finucane.

Question declared carried.