The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 30 (Dan Boyle, Paul Bradford, Martin Brady, Paddy Burke, Larry Butler, Jerry Buttimer, Ivor Callely, John Carty, Donie Cassidy, Paul Coghlan, Maria Corrigan, Mark Daly, Déirdre de Búrca, Paschal Donohoe, Geraldine Feeney, Frances Fitzgerald, John Gerard Hanafin, Terry Leyden, Brian Ó Domhnaill, Francis O'Brien, Denis O'Donovan, Fiona O'Malley, Ned O'Sullivan, Ann Ormonde, Kieran Phelan, Eugene Regan, Liam Twomey, Jim Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Against the motion: 5 (Ivana Bacik, Dominic Hannigan, David Norris, Shane Ross, Brendan Ryan)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Déirdre de Búrca and Diarmuid Wilson; Níl, Senators Ivana Bacik and Shane Ross.

Question declared carried.