The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 17 (James Bannon, Paul Bradford, Fergal Browne, Paddy Burke, Noel Coonan, Maurice Cummins, Frank Feighan, Michael Finucane, Brian Hayes, Maurice Hayes, Joe McHugh, David Norris, Kathleen O'Meara, Joe O'Toole, Shane Ross, Brendan Ryan, Sheila Terry)

Against the motion: 26 (Cyprian Brady, Michael Brennan, Peter Callanan, Margaret Cox, Brendan Daly, John Dardis, Timmy Dooley, Liam Fitzgerald, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Brendan Kenneally, Tony Kett, Terry Leyden, Don Lydon, Martin Mansergh, John Minihan, Tom Morrissey, Pat Moylan, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Francis O'Brien, Ann Ormonde, Kieran Phelan, Eamon Scanlon, Jim Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Bannon and Cummins; Níl, Senators Minihan and Moylan.