The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 14 (Ivana Bacik, Paddy Burke, Jerry Buttimer, Paudie Coffey, Maurice Cummins, Pearse Doherty, Frances Fitzgerald, Dominic Hannigan, Nicky McFadden, Rónán Mullen, John Paul Phelan, Feargal Quinn, Eugene Regan, Liam Twomey)

Against the motion: 22 (Dan Boyle, Martin Brady, Larry Butler, Ivor Callely, John Carty, Mark Daly, John Ellis, Geraldine Feeney, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Cecilia Keaveney, Terry Leyden, Marc MacSharry, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Francis O'Brien, Denis O'Donovan, Fiona O'Malley, Ned O'Sullivan, Ann Ormonde, Kieran Phelan, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Jerry Buttimer and Maurice Cummins; Níl, Senators Fiona O'Malley and Diarmuid Wilson.

Amendment declared lost.