The Seanad Divided:

For the motion: 21 (Eddie Bohan, Brendan Daly, John Dardis, Geraldine Feeney, Liam Fitzgerald, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Brian Hayes, Tony Kett, Terry Leyden, Don Lydon, Marc MacSharry, Paschal Mooney, Tom Morrissey, Pat Moylan, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Francis O'Brien, Ann Ormonde, Eamon Scanlon, Jim Walsh, Diarmuid Wilson)

Against the motion: 4 (Mary Henry, David Norris, Feargal Quinn, Shane Ross)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Dardis and Moylan; Níl, Senators Norris and Quinn.

Question declared carried.