The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 12 (James Bannon, Paul Bradford, Paddy Burke, Ulick Burke, Paul Coghlan, Noel Coonan, Maurice Cummins, Frank Feighan, Brian Hayes, Kathleen O'Meara, John Paul Phelan, Joanna Tuffy)

Against the motion: 27 (Cyprian Brady, Michael Brennan, Peter Callanan, Brendan Daly, Timmy Dooley, Geraldine Feeney, Maurice Hayes, Brendan Kenneally, Tony Kett, Michael Kitt, Terry Leyden, Don Lydon, Martin Mansergh, John Minihan, Paschal Mooney, Pat Moylan, David Norris, Francis O'Brien, Mary O'Rourke, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Ann Ormonde, Feargal Quinn, Shane Ross, Eamon Scanlon, Jim Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

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

Amendment declared lost.