The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 26 (Cyprian Brady, Michael Brennan, Margaret Cox, Brendan Daly, Timmy Dooley, Liam Fitzgerald, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Brendan Kenneally, Michael Kitt, Terry Leyden, Don Lydon, Marc MacSharry, Martin Mansergh, John Minihan, Paschal Mooney, Tom Morrissey, Pat Moylan, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Francis O'Brien, Ann Ormonde, Kieran Phelan, Eamon Scanlon, Jim Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Against the motion: 14 (Fergal Browne, Paddy Burke, Ulick Burke, Paul Coghlan, Noel Coonan, Maurice Cummins, Frank Feighan, Brian Hayes, Joe McHugh, David Norris, John Paul Phelan, Shane Ross, Sheila Terry, Joanna Tuffy)

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

Question declared carried.