The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 16 (James Bannon, Fergal Browne, Paddy Burke, Ulick Burke, Paul Coghlan, Maurice Cummins, Frank Feighan, Michael Finucane, Brian Hayes, Mary Henry, Kathleen O'Meara, Joe O'Toole, John Paul Phelan, Shane Ross, Sheila Terry, Joanna Tuffy)

Against the motion: 25 (Cyprian Brady, Michael Brennan, Peter Callanan, Margaret Cox, Geraldine Feeney, Liam Fitzgerald, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Brendan Kenneally, Tony Kett, Michael Kitt, Terry Leyden, Marc MacSharry, Martin Mansergh, John Minihan, Paschal Mooney, Tom Morrissey, Pat Moylan, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Francis O'Brien, Mary O'Rourke, Kieran Phelan, Eamon Scanlon, Jim Walsh, Mary White)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Terry and Tuffy; Níl, Senators Minihan and Moylan.