The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 20 (Paddy Burke, Jerry Buttimer, Paudie Coffey, Paul Coghlan, Maurice Cummins, Pearse Doherty, Paschal Donohoe, Frances Fitzgerald, Dominic Hannigan, Pat Moylan, Alan Kelly, Nicky McFadden, David Norris, Joe O'Reilly, Joe O'Toole, Phil Prendergast, Eugene Regan, Brendan Ryan, Liam Twomey, Alex White)

Against the motion: 25 (Dan Boyle, Martin Brady, Larry Butler, Peter Callanan, Ivor Callely, John Carty, Donie Cassidy, Maria Corrigan, Mark Daly, Déirdre de Búrca, Geraldine Feeney, John Gerard Hanafin, Cecilia Keaveney, Terry Leyden, Marc MacSharry, Lisa McDonald, 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 Dominic Hannigan and Alan Kelly; Níl, Senators Déirdre de Búrca and Diarmuid Wilson.

Question declared lost.