The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 17 (James Bannon, Paul Bradford, Fergal Browne, Ulick Burke, Paul Coghlan, Noel Coonan, Maurice Cummins, Frank Feighan, Michael Finucane, Brian Hayes, Mary Henry, Derek McDowell, Joe McHugh, David Norris, Joe O'Toole, John Paul Phelan, Sheila Terry)

Against the motion: 27 (Michael Brennan, Peter Callanan, John Dardis, Timmy Dooley, Geraldine Feeney, Liam Fitzgerald, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Brendan Kenneally, Tony Kett, Michael Kitt, Terry Leyden, Don Lydon, Marc MacSharry, Martin Mansergh, John Minihan, Paschal Mooney, Pat Moylan, Mary O'Rourke, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Ann Ormonde, Kieran Phelan, Feargal Quinn, Shane Ross, Eamon Scanlon, Kate Walsh, Mary White)

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