The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 12 (Paul Bradford, Jerry Buttimer, Paul Coghlan, Maurice Cummins, Paschal Donohoe, Frances Fitzgerald, Dominic Hannigan, Joe O'Reilly, Joe O'Toole, Eugene Regan, Brendan Ryan, Liam Twomey)

Against the motion: 23 (Dan Boyle, Martin Brady, Ivor Callely, John Carty, Donie Cassidy, Maria Corrigan, Mark Daly, John Ellis, Geraldine Feeney, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Cecilia Keaveney, Marc MacSharry, Brian Ó Domhnaill, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Francis O'Brien, Denis O'Donovan, Fiona O'Malley, Ned O'Sullivan, Kieran Phelan, Shane Ross, Jim Walsh, Diarmuid Wilson)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Paschal Donohoe and Brendan Ryan; Níl, Senators Dan Boyle and Diarmuid Wilson.

Amendment declared lost.