The Dail Divided:

For 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, Terry Leyden, Don Lydon, Marc MacSharry, Martin Mansergh, John Minihan, Paschal Mooney, Tom Morrissey, Pat Moylan, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Francis O'Brien, Ann Ormonde, Eamon Scanlon, Jim Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Against the motion: 11 (James Bannon, Paul Bradford, Fergal Browne, Paddy Burke, Ulick Burke, Noel Coonan, Maurice Cummins, Frank Feighan, Brian Hayes, Brendan Ryan, Joanna Tuffy)

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

Question declared carried.