The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 15 (James Bannon, Paul Bradford, Fergal Browne, Ulick Burke, Paul Coghlan, Noel Coonan, Michael Finucane, Brian Hayes, Michael McCarthy, Joe McHugh, David Norris, Kathleen O'Meara, Joe O'Toole, Shane Ross, Brendan Ryan)

Against the motion: 27 (Cyprian Brady, Michael Brennan, Peter Callanan, Margaret Cox, Brendan Daly, John Dardis, Timmy Dooley, Liam Fitzgerald, John Gerard Hanafin, Michael Kitt, Terry Leyden, Don Lydon, Marc MacSharry, Martin Mansergh, John Minihan, Paschal Mooney, Pat Moylan, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Francis O'Brien, Mary O'Rourke, Ann Ormonde, Kieran Phelan, Feargal Quinn, Eamon Scanlon, Jim Walsh, Kate Walsh, Diarmuid Wilson)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Bradford and Coonan; Níl, Senators Minihan and Moylan.