The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 16 (Paddy Burke, Jerry Buttimer, Paudie Coffey, Maurice Cummins, Pearse Doherty, Frances Fitzgerald, Dominic Hannigan, Nicky McFadden, Joe O'Reilly, John Paul Phelan, Phil Prendergast, Eugene Regan, Shane Ross, Brendan Ryan, Liam Twomey, Alex White)

Against the motion: 25 (Dan Boyle, Larry Butler, Ivor Callely, John Carty, Donie Cassidy, Maria Corrigan, Mark Daly, John Ellis, Geraldine Feeney, John Gerard Hanafin, Cecilia Keaveney, Terry Leyden, Marc MacSharry, Lisa McDonald, Brian Ó Domhnaill, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Francis O'Brien, Denis O'Donovan, Fiona O'Malley, Ned O'Sullivan, Ann Ormonde, Kieran Phelan, Jim Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

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

Amendment declared lost.