The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 12 (Paul Bradford, Fergal Browne, Paddy Burke, Ulick Burke, Paul Coghlan, Noel Coonan, Maurice Cummins, Frank Feighan, Michael Finucane, Brian Hayes, Kathleen O'Meara, Joe O'Toole)

Against the motion: 23 (Peter Callanan, John Dardis, Geraldine Feeney, Liam Fitzgerald, Camillus Glynn, Brendan Kenneally, Tony Kett, Terry Leyden, Don Lydon, Marc MacSharry, Martin Mansergh, Paschal Mooney, Pat Moylan, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Francis O'Brien, Mary O'Rourke, Ann Ormonde, Kieran Phelan, Feargal Quinn, Eamon Scanlon, Jim Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Tellers: Tá, Senators P. Burke and Cummins; Níl, Senators Dardis and Moylan.