The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 24 (Dan Boyle, Martin Brady, Larry Butler, Ivor Callely, John Carty, Donie Cassidy, Maria Corrigan, Mark Daly, John Ellis, 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, Diarmuid Wilson)

Against the motion: 14 (Ivana Bacik, Paddy Burke, Jerry Buttimer, Paudie Coffey, Maurice Cummins, Frances Fitzgerald, Dominic Hannigan, Nicky McFadden, Rónán Mullen, John Paul Phelan, Phil Prendergast, Eugene Regan, Shane Ross, Liam Twomey)

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

Question declared carried.