The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 26 (Cyprian Brady, Michael Brennan, Peter Callanan, Brendan Daly, John Dardis, Geraldine Feeney, Liam Fitzgerald, John Gerard Hanafin, Maurice Hayes, Brendan Kenneally, Tony Kett, Don Lydon, Marc MacSharry, Martin Mansergh, John Minihan, Paschal Mooney, Tom Morrissey, Pat Moylan, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Ann Ormonde, Mary O'Rourke, Kieran Phelan, Eamon Scanlon, Diarmuid Wilson, Mary White, Jim Walsh)

Against the motion: 17 (James Bannon, Paul Bradford, Fergal Browne, Ulick Burke, Noel Coonan, Maurice Cummins, Frank Feighan, Michael Finucane, Brian Hayes, Jim Higgins, Joe McHugh, Kathleen O'Meara, John Paul Phelan, Feargal Quinn, Brendan Ryan, Sheila Terry, Joanna Tuffy)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Moylan and Cummins; Níl, Senators Minihan and O'Meara.

Question declared carried.