The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 26 (Dan Boyle, Martin Brady, Peter Callanan, Ivor Callely, Ciarán Cannon, John Carty, Donie Cassidy, Maria Corrigan, Mark Daly, Geraldine Feeney, John Gerard Hanafin, Eoghan Harris, Cecilia Keaveney, Alan Kelly, Marc MacSharry, Lisa McDonald, Brian Ó Domhnaill, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Francis O'Brien, Ned O'Sullivan, Ann Ormonde, Kieran Phelan, Jim Walsh, Alex White, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Against the motion: 12 (Paddy Burke, Jerry Buttimer, Paudie Coffey, Paul Coghlan, Maurice Cummins, Paschal Donohoe, Frances Fitzgerald, Fidelma Healy Eames, Rónán Mullen, David Norris, Joe O'Reilly, Eugene Regan)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Dan Boyle and Diarmuid Wilson; Níl, Senators Maurice Cummins and Eugene Regan.

Question declared carried.