The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 12 (James Bannon, Paul Bradford, Fergal Browne, Paddy Burke, Ulick Burke, Maurice Cummins, Frank Feighan, Michael Finucane, Brian Hayes, Joe McHugh, John Paul Phelan, Sheila Terry)

Against the motion: 28 (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, Terry Leyden, Marc MacSharry, John Minihan, Paschal Mooney, Tom Morrissey, Pat Moylan, David Norris, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Francis O'Brien, Mary O'Rourke, Ann Ormonde, Kieran Phelan, Shane Ross, Eamon Scanlon, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Cummins and J. Phelan; Níl, Senators Minihan and Moylan.