The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 15 (James Bannon, Paul Bradford, Fergal Browne, Paddy Burke, Ulick Burke, Maurice Cummins, Frank Feighan, Michael Finucane, Brian Hayes, Joe McHugh, David Norris, Kathleen O'Meara, Joe O'Toole, Brendan Ryan, Joanna Tuffy)

Against the motion: 27 (Cyprian Brady, Michael Brennan, Peter Callanan, Margaret Cox, Brendan Daly, John Dardis, Timmy Dooley, Geraldine Feeney, Liam Fitzgerald, Camillus Glynn, Brendan Kenneally, Tony Kett, Michael Kitt, Terry Leyden, Don Lydon, Marc MacSharry, John Minihan, Paschal Mooney, Pat Moylan, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Francis O'Brien, Ann Ormonde, Kieran Phelan, Shane Ross, Eamon Scanlon, Jim Walsh, Diarmuid Wilson)

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