The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 16 (James Bannon, Fergal Browne, Paddy Burke, Ulick Burke, Paul Coghlan, Noel Coonan, Maurice Cummins, Frank Feighan, Michael Finucane, Brian Hayes, Mary Henry, Michael McCarthy, Kathleen O'Meara, Joe O'Toole, Sheila Terry, Joanna Tuffy)

Against the motion: 26 (Cyprian Brady, Michael Brennan, Peter Callanan, Brendan Daly, Timmy Dooley, Liam Fitzgerald, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Tony Kett, Michael Kitt, Terry Leyden, Don Lydon, Marc MacSharry, John Minihan, Paschal Mooney, Pat Moylan, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Francis O'Brien, Mary O'Rourke, Ann Ormonde, Kieran Phelan, Feargal Quinn, Shane Ross, Kate Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

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