The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 9 (Paddy Burke, Jerry Buttimer, Paudie Coffey, Maurice Cummins, Fidelma Healy Eames, Rónán Mullen, Joe O'Reilly, Joe O'Toole, Eugene Regan)

Against the motion: 22 (Martin Brady, Peter Callanan, Ivor Callely, John Carty, Maria Corrigan, Mark Daly, Geraldine Feeney, John Gerard Hanafin, Cecilia Keaveney, Alan Kelly, Marc MacSharry, Lisa McDonald, David Norris, Brian Ó Domhnaill, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Francis O'Brien, Ned O'Sullivan, Ann Ormonde, Kieran Phelan, Jim Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Rónán Mullen and Joe O'Toole; Níl, Senators Dan Boyle and Diarmuid Wilson.