The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 12 (James Bannon, Fergal Browne, Paddy Burke, Ulick Burke, Paul Coghlan, Noel Coonan, Maurice Cummins, Frank Feighan, Brian Hayes, Mary Henry, Kathleen O'Meara, Sheila Terry)

Against the motion: 29 (Cyprian Brady, Michael Brennan, Peter Callanan, Margaret Cox, Brendan Daly, Timmy Dooley, Geraldine Feeney, Liam Fitzgerald, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Brendan Kenneally, Tony Kett, Michael Kitt, Terry Leyden, Don Lydon, Marc MacSharry, John Minihan, Tom Morrissey, Pat Moylan, Francis O'Brien, Mary O'Rourke, Joe O'Toole, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Ann Ormonde, Kieran Phelan, Shane Ross, Kate Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

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