The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 18 (James Bannon, Paul Bradford, Fergal Browne, Paddy Burke, Ulick Burke, Noel Coonan, Maurice Cummins, Frank Feighan, Michael Finucane, Brian Hayes, Mary Henry, Joe McHugh, David Norris, Kathleen O'Meara, John Paul Phelan, Shane Ross, Brendan Ryan, Sheila Terry)

Against the motion: 25 (Cyprian Brady, Michael Brennan, Peter Callanan, Margaret Cox, Timmy Dooley, Geraldine Feeney, Liam Fitzgerald, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Brendan Kenneally, Tony Kett, Terry Leyden, Don Lydon, Martin Mansergh, John Minihan, Paschal Mooney, Tom Morrissey, Pat Moylan, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Francis O'Brien, Mary O'Rourke, Ann Ormonde, Eamon Scanlon, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

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

Question declared lost.