The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 17 (Ivana Bacik, Jerry Buttimer, Paudie Coffey, Paul Coghlan, Maurice Cummins, Pearse Doherty, Frances Fitzgerald, Dominic Hannigan, Alan Kelly, Nicky McFadden, David Norris, Joe O'Reilly, Joe O'Toole, John Paul Phelan, Eugene Regan, Shane Ross, Brendan Ryan)

Against the motion: 22 (Dan Boyle, Martin Brady, Larry Butler, Ciarán Cannon, John Carty, Donie Cassidy, Maria Corrigan, Mark Daly, Déirdre de Búrca, John Ellis, Geraldine Feeney, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Cecilia Keaveney, Terry Leyden, Lisa McDonald, Brian Ó Domhnaill, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Denis O'Donovan, Ann Ormonde, Jim Walsh, Diarmuid Wilson)

Tellers: Tá, Senators Dominic Hannigan and Brendan Ryan; Níl, Senators Déirdre de Búrca and Diarmuid Wilson.

Amendment declared lost.