The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 26 (Cyprian Brady, Michael Brennan, Peter Callanan, Margaret Cox, Timmy Dooley, Geraldine Feeney, Liam Fitzgerald, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Brendan Kenneally, Tony Kett, Michael Kitt, Marc MacSharry, John Minihan, Paschal Mooney, Tom Morrissey, Pat Moylan, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Francis O'Brien, Mary O'Rourke, Kieran Phelan, Eamon Scanlon, Jim Walsh, Kate Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Against the motion: 14 (James Bannon, Paul Bradford, Fergal Browne, Ulick Burke, Maurice Cummins, Frank Feighan, Michael Finucane, Brian Hayes, Mary Henry, Michael McCarthy, Joe O'Toole, John Paul Phelan, Shane Ross, Brendan Ryan)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Minihan and Moylan; Níl, Senators Henry and O'Toole.

Amendment declared carried.