The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 14 (Paul Bradford, Fergal Browne, Paddy Burke, Ulick Burke, Paul Coghlan, Maurice Cummins, Frank Feighan, Brian Hayes, Mary Henry, David Norris, Joe O'Toole, John Paul Phelan, Sheila Terry, Joanna Tuffy)

Against the motion: 24 (Cyprian Brady, Michael Brennan, Peter Callanan, Margaret Cox, John Dardis, Geraldine Feeney, Liam Fitzgerald, John Gerard Hanafin, Brendan Kenneally, Tony Kett, Terry Leyden, Don Lydon, Marc MacSharry, Martin Mansergh, Tom Morrissey, Pat Moylan, Mary O'Rourke, Ann Ormonde, Kieran Phelan, Eamon Scanlon, Jim Walsh, Kate Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

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