The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 12 (James Bannon, Fergal Browne, Paddy Burke, Ulick Burke, Paul Coghlan, Noel Coonan, Brian Hayes, Mary Henry, Joe McHugh, Joe O'Toole, John Paul Phelan, Sheila Terry)

Against the motion: 28 (Cyprian Brady, Michael Brennan, Margaret Cox, Brendan Daly, John Dardis, Geraldine Feeney, Liam Fitzgerald, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Maurice Hayes, Brendan Kenneally, Tony Kett, Michael Kitt, Terry Leyden, Marc MacSharry, Martin Mansergh, John Minihan, Paschal Mooney, Tom Morrissey, Pat Moylan, Francis O'Brien, Mary O'Rourke, Ann Ormonde, Kieran Phelan, Eamon Scanlon, Jim Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

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