The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 6 (Ivana Bacik, Pearse Doherty, Dominic Hannigan, Alan Kelly, Brendan Ryan, Alex White)

Against the motion: 25 (Dan Boyle, Martin Brady, Larry Butler, Ciarán Cannon, John Carty, Donie Cassidy, Maria Corrigan, Mark Daly, Déirdre de Búrca, John Ellis, Geraldine Feeney, John Gerard Hanafin, Marc MacSharry, Lisa McDonald, Brian Ó Domhnaill, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Francis O'Brien, Fiona O'Malley, Ned O'Sullivan, Joe O'Toole, 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.

Amendment declared lost.